Roman colony
κολωνίαStrong’s G4514kolōnia
Appears in 12 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kolōnia is the Greek word usually translated “romans”, “roman” and “from rome”. It appears in 12 verses of the New Testament.
“If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.”
Meaning
Usually translated “romans”, “roman” and “from rome”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- romans 5
- a roman 5
- from rome 1
- with romans 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 11
- John 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 2:10Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
- Acts 16:21And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
- Acts 16:37But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
- Acts 16:38And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
- Acts 22:25And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
- Acts 22:26When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
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 “roman” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RO'MAN, adjective
[Latin Romanus, from Roma, the principal city of the Romans in Italy. Rome is the oriental name Ramah, elevated, that is, a hill; for fortresses and towns were often placed on hills for security; Heb. to be high, to raise.]
- Pertaining to Rome, or to the roman people.
- Romish; popish; professing the religion of the pope.
All definitions and other forms of “roman”
RO'MAN, noun
- A native of rome.
- A citizen of Rome; one enjoying the privileges of a roman citizen.
- One of the christian church at Rome to which Paul addressed an epistle, consisting of converts from Judaism or paganism.
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.