Strong's #116: Athenai (pronounced ath-ay-nahee)

plural of Athene (the goddess of wisdom, who was reputed to have founded the city); Athenoe, the capitol of Greece:-- Athens.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Athēnai

Athens = "uncertainty"

1) A famous city in Greece, the capital of Attica, and the chief seat of learning and civilisation during the golden period of the history of Greece

Part of Speech: noun proper locative

Relation: plural of Athene (the goddess of wisdom, who was reputed to have founded the city)

Usage:

This word is used 4 times:

 

Acts 17:15: "brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto"
Acts 17:16: "waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in"
Acts 18:1: "Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth;"
1 Thessalonians 3:1: "we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;"