G4424 – Ptolemais – Πτολεμαΐς – Ptolemais
- Strong’s ID:
- G4424
- Greek Word:
- Πτολεμαΐς
- Transliteration:
- Ptolemais
- Pronunciation:
- ptol-em-ah-is’
- Part of Speech:
- noun proper locative
- Usage Count:
- 1
- Search:
- Find “Ptolemais” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from Πτολεμαιος Ptolemaios (Ptolemy, after whom it was named); Ptolemais, a place in Palestine:—Ptolemais.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
Ptolemais or Accho = “warlike”
1) a maritime city of Phoenicia, which got its name, apparently, from Ptolemy Lathyrus, who captured it 103 BC, and rebuilt it more beautifully
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.