Ποτίολοι G4223
Potioloi; Puteoli (modern Pozzuoli), a port city near Naples
This is the Greek transliteration of Puteoli, the major Italian port on the Bay of Naples where ships from the eastern Mediterranean typically landed. In Acts 28:13, Paul's ship arrives at Puteoli after his harrowing journey to Rome. The city was Rome's primary harbor for grain ships from Egypt and served as a hub for eastern trade. Finding Christian believers there (28:14) testifies to the gospel's early spread even to strategic commercial centers.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The Italian port city Puteoli where Paul landed in Acts 28:13 on his voyage to Rome. Located on the Bay of Naples, it was the terminus for grain ships from Alexandria and other eastern ports. Multilingual evidence shows transliteration ('Potioloi', 'Potiólous') or modern equivalents ('Pouzzoles'). The presence of believers there who host Paul for a week demonstrates Christianity's reach into major Roman commercial hubs. 1×
AR["بوتيولي"]·ben["পতিওলীতে"]·DE["Ποτιόλους"]·EN["Potioloi"]·FR["Pouzzoles"]·heb["פּוֹטִיוֹלִי"]·HI["पोतिओली,"]·ID["Potioloi,"]·IT["Pozzuoli"]·jav["Puteoli,"]·KO["보디올리에"]·PT["Puteólis,"]·RU["Путеолы,"]·ES["Potiólous"]·SW["Puteoli"]·TR["Puteoli"]·urd["پتیولی"]
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
Ποτίολοι, -ων, οἱ Puteoli (mod. Pozzuoli), a city on the Bay of Naples: Act.28:13.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)