noun · feminine
asias
Strong’sG773
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
stem asi-18 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books4 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
Asia is the name of the Roman province covering roughly the western third of Asia Minor 142. Strong's notes that the name is of uncertain derivation and adds that it can sometimes refer more broadly to Asia Minor as a whole, though it is usually used of only its western shore 2.
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
Ἀσία, -ας, ἡ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G773 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidas-ee'-ah
Asia, i.e. Asia Minor, or (usually) only its western shore
Fromof uncertain derivation;
King JamesAsia.
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 -ιη, ἡ, Asia, Refs 5th c.BC+:—adjective Ἀσιᾱνός, ή, όν, Asian, Asiatic, Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb -νῶς, ἑστιᾶν τινάRefs 2nd c.AD+:—feminine Ἀσιάς, άδος, and Ἀσίς, ίδος [the latter with ᾱ], frequently in Refs 5th c.BC+ being required by the metre in Refs 5th c.BC+; also (i.e. κιθάρα), the Asian harp, Refs 5th c.BC+:—also Ἀσιάτης, Ἀσιᾶτις, Ionic dialect Ἀσιήτης, Ἀσιῆτις, Refs 5th c.BC+: Ἀσίηθεν, adverb from Asia, Refs
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 | asias1×Ἀσία | asiais |
| object accusative | asian5×Ἀσίαν | asiain |
| direct address vocative | asiar | asiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | asiau7×Ἀσίας | asiaiu |
| to, for dative | asia5×Ἀσίᾳ | asiai |
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
asia 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
asias“Asia”subjectnominative singular1×
Acts 19:27… tau megaleiotau autau, han holas tas Asias kai tas oikoumenas sebotō.… worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”
asian“Asia”objectaccusative singular5×
Acts 2:9… tē kai Kappadokian, Ponton kai tan Asian,… Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
Acts 19:10… duo, hōste pantoin toin katoikarōntoin tan Asian akouara ton logon tou kuriou, Ioudaioin …… who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the …
Acts 19:22… Erastoson, autos epechata chronon eis tan Asian.… a time in the province of Asia.
Acts 20:18… hēmerau apo hau epibainama eis tan Asian pōs meta vu ton panton chronon …… I arrived in the province of Asia.
Acts 27:2… mellarōnte plarō eis toin kata tan Asian topoin anagina arōntou sun ni Aristarchou …… for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea …
asiau“Asia”of, belonging togenitive singular7×
Acts 6:9… Alexandrevoiu kai toiu apo Kilikiau kai Asiau suzētarōntois to Stefano,… from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They disputed with Stephen,
Acts 19:26… monem Efesau alla schedōs pantau tau Asiau tos Paulos houtos peitharantos metastēata hikanon …… in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great …
Acts 21:27… hepta hēmerais suntelorō, tois apo tau Asiau Ioudaiois theaserantois auton en te hiere …… some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They …
Acts 24:19“Asia”tinois de apo tau Asiau Ioudaiois, hoin date epi su pareiarō …who ought to appear before you and bring …
Romans 16:5… agapēton mu, hos atō aparchas tau Asiau eis Christon.… to Christ in the province of Asia.
1 Corinthians 16:19Aspazolō vin tais ekklēsais tau Asiau. aspazotō vin en kurio polleim Akulos …The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca …
1 Peter 1:1… eklektoi parepidēmoi diasporau Pontou, Galatiau, Kappadokiau, Asiau, kai Bithuniau,… the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen
asia“Asia”to, fordative singular5×
Acts 16:6… pneumeu lalara ton logon en ta Asia,… the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of …
Acts 20:16… mē geneteia auto chronotribara en ta Asia, speudate gar ei dunatem atoiō auto …… spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry …
2 Corinthians 1:8… thlipsiau nu tau generantau en ta Asia, hoti kata huperbolan huper dunamian barina, …… we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far …
2 Timothy 1:15… apostrefila min pantois tois en ta Asia, hoiu atō Fugelos kai Hermogenos.… that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and …
Revelation 1:4… tai hepta ekklēsai tai en ta Asia; charitas vi kai eirēnas apo tos …… seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from …