Ptolemais <4424>
ptolemaiv Ptolemais
| Pronunciation | : | ptol-em-ah-is' |
| Origin | : | from Ptolemaios (Ptolemy, after whom it was named) |
| Reference | : | - |
| PrtSpch | : | n pr loc (noun proper locative) |
| 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: KJV -- Ptolemais. |
| Related Hebrew | : | - |
| Variations in Bible | : | Ptolemais (NET, KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, TEV) |
