Μεσοποταμία G3318
Mesopotamia, the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, birthplace of Abraham
The land between the two rivers—Mesopotamia, encompassing parts of modern Iraq and Syria. Acts mentions it twice in Stephen's speech: as a region represented at Pentecost (2:9) and as Abraham's homeland before God called him to Canaan (7:2). This was ancient civilization's cradle—home to Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians. The Greek name literally means 'between rivers' (meso + potamos). For Jews, it was both the ancestral homeland and the land of exile.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Acts 2:9 lists Mesopotamians among Pentecost's diverse crowd; Acts 7:2 locates Abraham's pre-call residence there (Ur of the Chaldeans, per Genesis). The region's importance spans biblical history from Abraham to the Babylonian exile and Persian return. All translations either transliterate Mesopotamia or translate 'between rivers.' Stephen's emphasis on God calling Abraham out of Mesopotamia stresses that the patriarch's faith preceded the promised land. 2×
AR["مَا-بَيْنَ-النَّهْرَيْنِ"]·ben["মেসোপটামিয়ার", "মেসোপটেমিয়ায়"]·DE["Μεσοποταμίαν", "Μεσοποταμίᾳ"]·EN["Mesopotamia"]·FR["Mésopotamie"]·heb["מֶסוֹפּוֹטַמְיָה"]·HI["और", "मेसोपोतामिया"]·ID["Mesopotamia,"]·IT["Mesopotamia"]·jav["Mésopotamia,"]·KO["메소포타미아-에", "유대-와"]·PT["Mesopotâmia"]·RU["Месопотамии", "Месопотамии,"]·ES["Mesopotamía"]·SW["Mesopotamia"]·TR["-o", "Mezopotamya"]·urd["بین-النہرین", "میسوپوتامیہ"]
Sentidos Relacionados
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×)
Referencia BDB / Léxico
Μεσοποταμία, -ας, ἡ (sc. χώρα) Mesopotamia: Act.2:9 7:2.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)