Ptolemais <4424>
ptolemaiv Ptolemais
Pronunciation: | ptol-em-ah-is' |
Origin: | from Ptolemaios (Ptolemy, after whom it was named) |
Reference: | - |
PrtSpch: | n pr loc |
In Greek: | ptolemaida 1 |
In NET: | Ptolemais 1 |
In AV: | Ptolemais 1 |
Count: | 1 |
Definition: | Ptolemais or Accho = "warlike" 1) a maritime city of Phoenicia, which got its name, apparently, from Ptolemy Lathyrus, who captured it 103 BC, and rebuilt it more beautifully from Ptolemaios (Ptolemy, after whom it was named); Ptolemais, a place in Palestine:-Ptolemais. |
Variations in Bible: | Ptolemais (NET, KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, TEV) |
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