ἰτᾰλός G2482
Italy; the Roman peninsula, seat of the imperial capital and destination or origin of early Christian travel.
The proper geographical name for the Italian peninsula, home of Rome and the center of imperial power. In Acts, Italy appears as a destination of fateful journeys: Aquila and Priscilla have recently arrived from Italy after Claudius expelled the Jews (Acts 18:2), and Paul's voyage to Italy as a prisoner drives the dramatic narrative of Acts 27:1-6. Hebrews closes with greetings from 'those from Italy' (Heb 13:24), a tantalizing clue about the letter's origin or audience. The name is uniformly transliterated: Spanish 'Italia,' French 'Italie,' German 'Italien.'
Senses
1. sense 1 — The proper geographical name for the Italian peninsula and the Roman state centered there. All four occurrences connect to the movement of people between Italy and the eastern Mediterranean: Aquila and Priscilla leave Italy under Claudius' edict (Acts 18:2), Paul is sent as a prisoner to Italy (Acts 27:1), an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy carries him (Acts 27:6), and Hebrews 13:24 conveys greetings from 'those from Italy.' The consistent transliteration across Spanish 'Italia,' French 'Italie,' and German 'Italien' reflects its status as an internationally recognized toponym. 4×
AR["إِيطَالِيَا", "إِيطَالِيَة"]·ben["ইতালি", "ইতালির", "ইতালীতে"]·DE["Italien", "Ἰταλίαν", "Ἰταλίας"]·EN["Italia"]·FR["Italie", "Italien"]·heb["אִיטַלְיָה"]·HI["इटली", "इतालिया-के", "इतालीमें"]·ID["Italia", "Italia,", "Italia."]·IT["Italia", "italias"]·jav["Italia", "Italia,"]·KO["이달리아로", "이탈리아", "이탈리아에서"]·PT["Itália", "Itália,"]·RU["Италии", "Италию"]·ES["Italia", "Italía"]·SW["Italia", "Italia."]·TR["İtalya'dan", "İtalya'ya"]·urd["اِٹلی", "اٹلی"]
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
ἰτᾰλός, ὁ, ={ταῦρος}, Refs 2nd c.AD+; whence Italy is said to be called, Refs 4th c.BC+ cf. Latin vitulus, Osc. Viteliû (Italia).)