This is the name of the place Asia: A Roman province in western Asia Minor.
Definition
Ἀσία, -ας, ἡ
Asia, the Roman province: Acts 2:9; 6:9; 16:6; 19:1, 10; 19:22, 26 (M, Pr., 73), Acts 19:27, Acts 20:4, 16; 20:18; 21:27; 24:18; 27:2, Romans 16:5, 1 Corinthians 16:19, 2 Corinthians 1:8, 2 Timothy 1:15, 1 Peter 1:1, Revelation 1:4.
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- Acts 2:9Ἀσίαν · AsiaParthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
- Acts 6:9Ἀσίας · AsiaBut resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They disputed with Stephen,
- Acts 16:6Ἀσίᾳ · [the province of] AsiaAfter the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.
- Acts 19:10Ἀσίαν · [the province of] AsiaThis continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.
- Acts 19:22Ἀσίαν · [the province of] AsiaHe sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.
- Acts 19:26Ἀσίας · [province of] AsiaAnd you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
- Acts 19:27Ἀσία · [ the province of ] AsiaThere is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”
- Acts 20:16Ἀσίᾳ · [the province of] AsiaPaul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
- Acts 20:18Ἀσίαν · [the province of] AsiaWhen they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.
- Acts 21:27Ἀσίας · [the province of] AsiaWhen the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
- Acts 24:18Ἀσίας · [the province of] AsiaAt the time they found me in the temple, I was ceremonially clean and was not inciting a crowd or an uproar. But there are some Jews from the province of Asia
- Acts 27:2Ἀσίαν · [the coast of] AsiaWe boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
- Romans 16:5Ἀσίας · in [the province of] AsiaGreet also the church that meets at their house. Greet my beloved Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.
- 1 Corinthians 16:19Ἀσίας · in [the province of] AsiaThe churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.
- 2 Corinthians 1:8Ἀσίᾳ · [the province of] AsiaWe do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
- 2 Timothy 1:15Ἀσίᾳ · [the province of] AsiaYou know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
- 1 Peter 1:1Ἀσίας · AsiaPeter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen
- Revelation 1:4Ἀσίᾳ · [the province of] AsiaJohn, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven spirits before His throne,