G0697 G0697
Areios Pagos -- the Areopagus; Mars Hill in Athens, the ancient court and its rocky summit
Areios Pagos ('Hill of Ares' or 'Mars Hill') denotes both the rocky prominence northwest of the Acropolis in Athens and the venerable council that met there. The term combines Areios ('of Ares/Mars,' the war god) with pagos ('rock, hill'). In Acts 17:19-22, where all four New Testament occurrences cluster, Paul is brought to the Areopagus to explain his teaching about Jesus and the resurrection. Whether this refers to the physical hill or a formal session of the Areopagus court is debated, but the Greek text uses both the locative ('on the Areopagus,' v. 22) and the directional sense ('to the Areopagus,' v. 19). French Areopage and Spanish Areios Pagos preserve the compound faithfully.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The Areopagus (Areios Pagos, 'Hill of Ares'), referring to both the rocky hill northwest of the Athenian Acropolis and the ancient judicial council that convened there. All four NT occurrences appear in Acts 17:19-22, where Paul is brought before this body or to this location to present his message about the 'unknown God.' French Areopage and German Areopag both retain the classical name, while the dual reference in the passage (v. 19 directional, v. 22 locative) reflects the inseparable association of place and institution in Athenian civic life. 4×
AR["أَريوسَ", "صَخرَةَ", "صَخرَةِ"]·ben["আরেয়োপাগ", "আরেয়োপাগের", "পাহাড়ে", "পাহাড়ের"]·DE["Πάγου", "πάγον", "Ἀρείου", "Ἄρειον"]·EN["Areios", "Pagos"]·FR["Aréopage"]·heb["אָרֵיוֹס", "פָּגוֹס"]·HI["अरीयोस", "पागुस", "पागुस-के"]·ID["Areopagus", "bukit"]·IT["Areopago"]·jav["Aréopagus", "Bukit", "bukit"]·KO["바고로", "바고의", "아레오"]·RU["Ареопаг", "Ареопага", "холм", "холма"]·ES["Areios", "Págos"]·SW["Areo", "Pago"]·TR["Ares", "tepesine", "tepesinin"]·urd["اریوپگُس", "پہاڑ"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Related to: Ἄρειος [ᾰ], ον, also α, ον Refs 5th c.BC+; Ionic dialect Ἀρήϊος, η, ο; Aeolic dialect Ἀρεύϊος Refs 7th c.BC+: (Ἄρης):— devoted to Ares, warlike, martial; in Refs 8th c.BC+, mostly of warriors, Μενέλαος ἈρήιοςRefs 8th c.BC+; of arms, Ἀρήϊα τεύχεα δύωRefs; the Attic dialect form only in the phrase τεῖχος ἌρειονRefs 5th c.BC+ conflicts in real war, opposed to γυμνικοί,Refs; of a man, as…