Ἀτταλία G0825
Attalia, a seaport city in Pamphylia on the southern coast of Asia Minor
Named after its founder Attalus II of Pergamum, Attalia served as Pamphylia's main seaport on the Mediterranean coast. Luke mentions it as Paul and Barnabas's departure point after their first missionary journey—they preached in nearby Perga, then traveled to Attalia to catch a ship back to Syrian Antioch. The city's harbor made it a natural gateway for travel between inland Asia Minor and the wider Mediterranean world.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Acts 14:25 records Paul and Barnabas going down to Attalia to sail home after establishing churches in Galatia. The modern Turkish city Antalya preserves the ancient name. The mention shows Luke's geographic precision and highlights how the early Christian mission depended on Roman infrastructure—roads to reach inland cities, harbors like Attalia for maritime connections that enabled the gospel's rapid spread across the empire. 1×
AR["أَتالِيَةَ"]·ben["আত্তালিয়াতে"]·DE["Ἀττάλειαν"]·EN["Attaleia"]·FR["Attalie"]·heb["אַטָּלֵיָה"]·HI["अत्तालिया"]·ID["Atalia"]·IT["Attalia"]·jav["Atalia;"]·KO["아따리아로"]·PT["Atália;"]·RU["Атталию"]·ES["Attáleia"]·SW["Atalia"]·TR["Attalya'ya"]·urd["اتّلیہ"]
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
Ἀτταλία (Rec. -άλεια), -υς, ἡ Attalia, a city of Pamphylia: Act.14:25.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)