G490GreekAntioch
Antioch
antioch (antiochia), a place in syria
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Detailed Definition
- 1antioch, the capital of syria and center of the early christianity
- 2antioch in pisidia, a city currently located in turkey where paul often visited on his missionary journeys
Etymology & Derivation
from ???????? (a syrian king)
Scholarly Notes
antioch in syria is situated on the borders on the orontes river, founded by seleucus nicanor in 300 bc and named in honor of his father, antiochus. many greek-jews lived there and it was here that the followers of christ were first called christians.