noun · feminine
arabias
GreekἈραβία (arabia)
Strong’sG688
Arabia
stem arabi-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ἀραβία, -ας, ἡ.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G688 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidar-ab-ee'-ah
Arabia, a region of Asia
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesArabia.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | arabias | arabiais |
| object accusative | arabian1×Ἀραβίαν | arabiain |
| direct address vocative | arabiar | arabiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | arabiau | arabiaiu |
| to, for dative | arabia1×Ἀραβίᾳ | arabiai |
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
arabia 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
arabian“Arabia”objectaccusative singular1×
Galatians 1:17“Arabia”oude anerchama eis Hierosolumeim pros toin pro mu apostoloin, alla aperchama eis Arabian, kai palin hupostrefama eis Damaskan.nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.
arabia“Arabia”to, fordative singular1×
Galatians 4:25“Arabia”tem de Hagar Sina orem atō en ta Arabia, sustoichatō de ta nun Ierousalēm, douleuatō gar meta teiu tekneiu autau;Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.