Roman colony
κολωνίαStrong’s G2862kolōnia
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Kolōnia is the Greek word usually translated “colony”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.”
Meaning
Usually translated “colony”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- colony 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
κολωνία kolōnia · Roman colony
κολωνία (Rec. -ώνια), -ας, ἡ (Lat. colonic), a colony: Act.16:12 (see Lft., Phi., 50 f.).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “colony” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COLONY, noun
- A company or body of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country to cultivate and inhabit it, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as the British colonies in America or the Indies; the Spanish colonies in South America.
- The country planted or colonized; a plantation; also, the body of inhabitants in a territory colonized, including the descendants of the first planters.
- A collection of animals; as colonies of shell-fish.
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.