Aquila
ἈκύλαςStrong’s G0207Akulas
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Akulas is the Greek word usually translated “aquila”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.”
Meaning
Usually translated “aquila”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- aquila 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
- Romans 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
- 2 Timothy 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 18:18And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
- Acts 18:26And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
- Romans 16:3Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
- 1 Corinthians 16:19The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.
- 2 Timothy 4:19Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
Greek dictionary
Ἀκύλας Akulas · Aquila
Ἀκύλας, -ου (and -α; MM, VGT, see word), ὁ (Lat.), Aquila: Act.18:2, 18 18:26, Rom.16:3, 1Co.16:19, 2Ti.4:19.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “aquila” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
AQ'UILA, noun
[Latin whence aquilinus.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.