Κιλικία G2791
Cilicia; a Roman province on the southeastern coast of Asia Minor, homeland of the apostle Paul.
Kilikia refers to the Roman province located along the southeastern coast of Asia Minor (modern-day southern Turkey), whose capital was Tarsus — the birthplace of the apostle Paul (Acts 21:39; 22:3). The region appears in Acts in connection with Hellenistic synagogue opponents (Acts 6:9), the apostolic letter to Gentile believers (Acts 15:23, 41), and Paul's sea voyage (Acts 27:5). Paul himself mentions it in Galatians 1:21 as a place he visited after his conversion. Translations uniformly render the name phonetically: Spanish 'Cilicia,' French 'Cilicie,' German 'Kilikien.'
Senses
1. Kilikia — The Roman province of Cilicia in southeastern Asia Minor, whose chief city Tarsus was Paul's hometown. All eight NT occurrences cluster in Acts and Galatians, connecting the region to Paul's identity (Acts 21:39; 22:3), to early church geography (Acts 15:23, 41), and to his post-conversion travels (Gal 1:21). Cross-lingual renderings — Spanish 'Cilicia,' French 'Cilicie,' German 'Kilikien' — are straightforward phonetic adaptations of the Greek toponym. 8×
AR["كيليكِيَةَ","كيليكِيَّةَ","كِيلِيكِيَّةَ"]·ben["কিলিকিয়া","কিলিকিয়ার","কিলিকিয়ার।"]·DE["Kilikien"]·EN["Kilikia"]·FR["Cilicie","Κιλικίας"]·heb["אַחִים","קִילִיקְיָה"]·HI["किलिकिय.","किलिकिया","किलिकिया-का","किलिकिया-के","किलिकियाका","किलिकियाके"]·ID["Kilikia","Kilikia,"]·IT["Cilicia","kilikias"]·jav["Kilikia","Kilikia,","Kilikia."]·KO["길리기아-의","길리기아를","길리기아에-있는","길리기아에서","길리기아와","길리기아의","길리기아의."]·PT["Cilícia","Cilícia,","Cilícia:"]·RU["Киликии","Киликии,","Киликию"]·ES["Cilicia","Kilikía"]·SW["Kilikia"]·TR["Kilikya","Kilikya'da","Kilikya'dan","Kilikya'nın","Kilikya'yı"]·urd["کلکیہ","کلیکیہ","کِلکیہ","کیلیکیا"]
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
Κιλικία, -ας, ἡ Cilicia, a province of Asia Minor: Act.6:9 15:23, 41 21:39 22:3 23:34 27:5, Gal.1:21.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)