Νικόπολις G3533
Nicopolis, a city founded by Augustus; likely the one in Epirus where Paul planned to winter
Paul instructs Titus in Titus 3:12: 'Do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to winter there.' Multiple cities bore the name Nicopolis ('city of victory'), commemorating military triumphs—Augustus alone founded several. The most likely candidate is Nicopolis in Epirus (northwest Greece), built to celebrate Augustus's victory at Actium in 31 BC. Positioned on the Adriatic coast, it was a logical winter haven for Mediterranean travel and a strategic base for ministry in Greece and the western empire. Paul's planned stay there suggests continuing missionary activity even during his final years. Whether he reached Nicopolis before his final arrest and martyrdom remains uncertain.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A place name referring to the city where Paul intended to spend the winter, most likely in Epirus. The multilingual glosses preserve 'Nicopolis' or 'Nikopolis' uniformly (Spanish 'Nikópolis', German 'Nikopolis'), reflecting the Greek name. The domain (Nature, Class, Example) seems misassigned—this is a geographic place name, better suited to Geography or Names of Places. 1×
AR["نيكوبوليسَ"]·ben["নিকোপলিসে"]·DE["Nikopolis"]·EN["Nikopolis"]·FR["Νικόπολιν"]·heb["נִיקוֹפּוֹלִיס"]·HI["निकोपोलिस;"]·ID["Nikopolis;"]·IT["nikopolin"]·jav["Nikopolis;"]·KO["니가보리-로"]·PT["Nicópolis;"]·RU["Никополь"]·ES["Nikópolis"]·SW["Nikopoli"]·TR["Nikopolis'e;"]·urd["نیکوپلس"]
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
Νικόπολις, -εως, ἡ Nicopolis, prob. the city of that name in Epirus (CGT, in l): Tit.3:12† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)