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Μυσία G3465
N-AFS  |  2× in 1 sense
Mysia, a northwestern province of Asia Minor
A geographical region in what is now northwestern Turkey, mentioned in Acts 16:7-8 during Paul's second missionary journey. The Spirit prevented Paul and his companions from entering Mysia, redirecting them instead to Macedonia—a pivotal moment where European evangelization began. This divine guidance, steering Paul away from one legitimate mission field toward another, illustrates how God's strategic purposes sometimes override human plans, even good ones.

Senses
1. sense 1 The Roman province of Mysia in northwestern Asia Minor, bordering the Aegean Sea. Luke's narrative mentions it as a place Paul did not enter, highlighting divine redirection rather than the region itself. The name appears in transliteration across languages (Mysía, Mysie) as a proper geographical designation. The 'blocked path' to Mysia becomes as significant as the opened path to Macedonia—sometimes God's 'no' is as important as His 'yes.'
PROPERTIES_RELATIONS Nature, Class, Example Geography and Space
AR["ميسِيا"]·ben["মুসিয়া", "মুসিয়ায়"]·DE["Μυσίαν"]·EN["Mysia"]·FR["Mysie"]·heb["מוּסִיָּה"]·HI["मुसिया"]·ID["Misia"]·IT["Misia"]·jav["Misia"]·KO["무시아를"]·PT["Mísia,"]·RU["Мисии", "Мисию"]·ES["Mysía"]·SW["Musia"]·TR["Misya'ya", "Misya'yı"]·urd["مُسیا"]

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
Μυσία, -ας, Mysia, a province of Asia Minor: Act.16:7-8.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)