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Strong's #2791: Kilikia (pronounced kil-ik-ee'-ah)

probably of foreign origin; Cilicia, a region of Asia Minor:--Cilicia.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Kilikia

Cilicia = "the land of Celix"

1) a maritime province in the southeast of Asia Minor, boarding on Pamphylia in the west, Lycaonia and Cappadocia in the north and Syria in the east. Its capital, Tarsus, was the birth place of Paul

Part of Speech: noun proper locative

Relation: probably of foreign origin




Usage:

This word is used 8 times:

Acts 6:9: "and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen."
Acts 15:23: "and Syria and Cilicia."
Acts 15:41: "he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches."
Acts 21:39: "which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city:"
Acts 22:3: "born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this"
Acts 23:34: "when he understood that he was of Cilicia;"
Acts 27:5: "the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to"
Galatians 1:21: "regions of Syria and Cilicia;"









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