ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΙΑ, σελευκεια
SELEUKEIA, seleukeia
Sounds Like: seh-lew-KAY-ah
Translations: Seleucia
From the root: ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Seleucia refers to a city, most notably Seleucia Pieria, a major port city of ancient Syria, located near the mouth of the Orontes River and about 10 miles west of Antioch. It was founded by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals, and served as a significant center during the Hellenistic and Roman periods. It is often mentioned in historical and biblical contexts as a point of departure or arrival for journeys.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4581 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 1:2
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 37:187
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΙΑ.
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.
- ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΙΑΝ — Seleucia
- ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΙΑΣ — of Seleucia
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