Cenchrea

In Bible versions:

Cenchrea: NET NIV NASB
Cenchreae: AVS NRSV TEV

the eastern port town of Corinth

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millet; small pulse

Google Maps: Cenchreae (37° 53´, 22° 59´)

Greek

Strongs #2747: Kegcreai Kegchreai

Cenchrea = "millet"

1) the eastern harbour of Corinth (i.e. its harbour on the Saronic
Gulf) and the emporium of its trade with the Asiatic shores of the
Mediterranean, as Lechaeum on the Corinthian Gulf connected it
with Italy and the west

2747 Kegchreai keng-khreh-a'-hee

probably from kegchros (millet); Cenchreae, a port of
Corinth:-Cencrea.

Cenchrea [EBD]

millet, the eastern harbour of Corinth, from which it was distant about 9 miles east, and the outlet for its trade with the Asiatic shores of the Mediterranean. When Paul returned from his second missionary journey to Syria, he sailed from this port (Acts 18:18). In Rom. 16:1 he speaks as if there were at the time of his writing that epistle an organized church there. The western harbour of Corinth was Lechaeum, about a mile and a half from the city. It was the channel of its trade with Italy and the west.

Cenchrea [NAVE]

CENCHREA, a city of Corinth, Acts 18:18; Rom. 16:1.

Cenchreae [NAVE]

CENCHREAE
See: Cenchrea.

CENCHREA, OR CENCHREA [SMITH]

(accurately Cenchre?ae) (millet), the eastern harbor of Corinth (i.e. its harbor on the Saronic Gulf) and the emporium of its trade with the Asiatic shores of the Mediterranean, as Lechaeum on the Crointhian Gulf connected it with Italy and the west. St. Paul sailed from Cenchrae, (Acts 18:18) on his return to Syria from his second missionary journey. An organized church seems to have been formed here. (Romans 16:1)

CENCHREAE [ISBE]

CENCHREAE - sen'-kre-e (Kegchreai, Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek Kenchreai; the King James Version incorrectly Cenchrea): A seaport of Corinth on the eastern side of the isthmus (see CORINTH). Here according to Acts 18:18, Paul had his hair shorn before sailing for Syria, since he had a vow. A local church must have been established there by Paul, since Phoebe, the deaconess of Cenchrea, was entrusted with the Epistle to the Romans, and was commended to them in the highest terms by the apostle, who charged them to "assist her in whatsoever matter she may have need" (Rom 16:1,2).