noun · feminine
antiocheias
Strong’sG490
Antioch
stem antiochei-18 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Antioch is the name of a city 1234. It refers to two distinct places sharing this name: one in Syria, and one in Pisidia 13.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Strong’s G490 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidan-tee-okh'-i-ah
Antiochia, a place in Syria
Fromfrom Ἀντίοχυς (a Syrian king);
King JamesAntioch.
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
Antioch;
__1. in Syria:
__2. In Pisidia:
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
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 | antiocheias | antiocheiais |
| object accusative | antiocheian11×Ἀντιόχειαν | antiocheiain |
| direct address vocative | antiocheiar | antiocheiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | antiocheiau3×Ἀντιοχείας | antiocheiaiu |
| to, for dative | antiocheia4×Ἀντιοχείᾳ | antiocheiai |
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
antiocheia 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.
18 occurrences, every one of them listed
antiocheian“Antioch”objectaccusative singular11×
Acts 11:20… Kupriois kai Kurēnaiois, hotinois ercharantois eis Antiocheian lalale kai pros toin Hellēnistoin, euangelizorōntois …… from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks …
Acts 11:26kai heuriskarantos agata eis Antiocheian. geneta de autoi kai eniauton holon …… him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they …
Acts 11:27… hēmerai katerchala apo Hierosolumeiu profētois eis Antiocheian;… prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
Acts 13:14… diercharantois apo tau Pergau paragenela eis Antiocheian tan Pisidian, kai eisercharantois eis tan …… Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on …
Acts 14:21… Lustran kai eis Ikoniem kai eis Antiocheian,… they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
Acts 14:26kakeithen apoplala eis Antiocheian, hothen ale paradōorēntois ta charita tou …From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to …
Acts 15:22… eklegerantoin androin ek autoiu pempara eis Antiocheian sun to Paulo kai Barnabo, Ioudon …… from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose …
Acts 15:23… tois presbuterois adelfois toi kata tan Antiocheian kai Surian kai Kilikian adelfoi toi …… the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.
Acts 15:30Tois men oun apoluirantois katerchala eis Antiocheian, kai sunagarantois tem plēthem epidōala tan …… sent off and went down to Antioch, where they assembled the congregation and …
Acts 18:22… kai aspazerantos tan ekklēsan, katabainata eis Antiocheian,… Jerusalem. Then he went down to Antioch.
Galatians 2:11Hote de erchata Kēfos eis Antiocheian, kata prosōpem auto antistēama, hoti katagnōskorēntos …When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his …
antiocheiau“Antioch”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
Acts 11:19… dierchala heōs Foinikau kai Kuprau kai Antiocheiau mēdeno lalarōntois ton logon ei mē …… as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.
Acts 11:22… peri autoiu, kai exapostelala Barnabon heōs Antiocheiau;… in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
Acts 14:19Eperchala de apo Antiocheiau kai Ikonieu Ioudaiois, kai peitharantois toin …Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the …
antiocheia“Antioch”to, fordative singular4×
Acts 11:26… ochlon hikanon, chrēmatizara tē prōtōs en Antiocheia toin mathētoin Christianoin.… disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
Acts 13:1Ale de en Antiocheia kata tan arōntan ekklēsan profētois kai …Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas …
Acts 15:35Paulos de kai Barnabos diatribale en Antiocheia didaskarōntois kai euangelizorōntois meta kai heteroiu …But Paul and Barnabas remained at Antioch, along with many others, teaching and …
2 Timothy 3:11… tei pathēmei, hoieim mi geneta en Antiocheia, en Ikonie, en Lustrei, hoioin diōgmoin …… sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I …