Λῐβύη G3033
Libya, region in North Africa west of Egypt
Libya designated the North African region west of Egypt, particularly the coastal areas known to the Greco-Roman world. In ancient geography, it often referred broadly to the African continent beyond Egypt. Acts 2:10 mentions Jews from the parts of Libya around Cyrene among those present at Pentecost, representing the widespread Jewish diaspora.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Acts 2:10 includes Libyan Jews among the international crowd at Pentecost who heard the gospel in their own languages. The reference to 'the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene' specifies the Cyrenaica region, an important area of Jewish settlement. Cross-linguistic evidence (Libya, Libýes, Libye) preserves the ancient geographical designation for this North African territory. 1×
AR["لِيبِيَا"]·ben["লিবুয়ার"]·DE["Λιβύης"]·EN["Libyē"]·FR["Libye"]·heb["לוּב"]·HI["रोमी"]·ID["Libya"]·IT["Libia"]·jav["Libia"]·KO["그-"]·PT["Líbia"]·RU["Ливии"]·ES["Libýes"]·SW["Libya"]·TR["Libya'nın"]·urd["لیبیا"]
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
Λῐβύη [ῠ], ἡ, Refs 8th c.BC+; the west bank of the Nile, Refs 4th c.BC+:— adverb Λῐβύηθεν, from Libya, Refs 2nd c.AD+:—also Λῐβύηθε, Doric dialect Λῐβῠ-ᾱθε, Refs 3rd c.BC+:— adjective Λῐβῠκός, ή, όν, Refs 5th c.BC+; Λ. ὄρνεον, i.e. a strange, foreign bird, Refs 5th c.BC+; Λ. λόγοι a kind of fables resembling those of Aesop, Refs 4th c.BC+; also, western, Refs 2nd c.AD+; ={δυτικός}, Refs 5th c.AD+