ἈΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΙΑ, ἀλεξανδρεια
ALEXANDREIA, alexandreia
Sounds Like: ah-lek-SAN-dree-ah
Translations: Alexandria
From the root: ἈΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Alexandria refers to the famous ancient city in Egypt, founded by Alexander the Great. It was a major center of Hellenistic culture, trade, and learning, particularly known for its Great Library and Lighthouse. In Koine Greek texts, it is used as the name of this specific city.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G221 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 1:8, 6:174, 6:180, 6:199, 6:200
- Book 13 — 3:62, 3:74, 3:77, 3:79, 10:284
- Book 14 — 7:113, 10:188, 10:193
- Book 18 — 6:160, 8:257
- Book 19 — 5:281, 5:283, 5:288, 6:310
- Book 20 — 5:100, 7:147
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 29:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΛΕΞΑ — Alexandria
- ἈΛΕΞΑΝ — Alexandria
- ἈΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΑ — Alexandria
- ἈΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΙΑΝ — Alexandria
- ἈΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΙΑΣ — of Alexandria
- ΤΗΝἈΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΙΑΝ — Alexandria, the Alexandria
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