noun · feminine
achaias
Strong’sG882
Achaia
stem achai-10 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
Ἀχαία (T, Ἀχαΐα), -ας, ἡ (Bl., § 46, 11),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G882 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidach-ah-ee'-ah
Achaia (i.e. Greece), a country of Europe
Fromof uncertain derivation;
King JamesAchaia.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect Ἀχαιΐη, ἡ, epithet of Demeter in Attica, Refs 5th c.BC+; also in Boeotia, Refs 1st c.AD+; Ἀχέα at Thespiae, Refs.
II ἀχαιά, ἡ, ={ἔριθος}, Refs 4th c.BC+ grief for the loss of her daughter: also Ἀχηρώ RefsἈχαΐα, see at {Ἀχαιός}.
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | achaias2×Ἀχαΐα | achaiais |
| object accusative | achaian2×Ἀχαΐαν | achaiain |
| direct address vocative | achaiar | achaiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | achaiau3×Ἀχαΐας | achaiaiu |
| to, for dative | achaia3×Ἀχαΐᾳ | achaiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
achaia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
10 occurrences, every one of them listed
achaias“Achaia”subjectnominative singular2×
Romans 15:26eudokala gar Makedonias kai Achaias koinōnian tinan poiera eis toin ptōchoin …For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution …
2 Corinthians 9:2… han huper vu kauchomō Makedonoi hoti Achaias paraskeuazotē apo perusin, kai tem vu …… that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your …
achaian“Achaia”objectaccusative singular2×
Acts 18:27boulorōntou de autou dierchara eis tan Achaian protreperantois tois adelfois grafala toi mathētoi …… Apollos resolved to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote …
Acts 19:21… te pneume diercharantos tan Makedonian kai Achaian poreuorō eis Hierosolumeim, legarantos hoti Meta …… to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he …
achaiau“Achaia”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
Acts 18:12Galliōnou de anthupatou arōntou tau Achaiau katepistēala homothumadōs tois Ioudaiois to Paulo …While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on …
1 Corinthians 16:15… oikian Stefanaou, hoti atō aparchas tau Achaiau kai eis diakonian toi hagioi tassala …… household were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to …
2 Corinthians 11:10… eis min en tei klimei tau Achaiau.… be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
achaia“Achaia”to, fordative singular3×
2 Corinthians 1:1… pantoi toi arōntoi en hola ta Achaia;… together with all the saints throughout Achaia:
1 Thessalonians 1:7… en ta Makedonia kai en ta Achaia.… all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.
1 Thessalonians 1:8… ouk monem en ta Makedonia kai Achaia, alla en panto topo tas pistias …… out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has …