noun · feminine
foinikas
GreekΦοινίκη (foinikē)
Strong’sG5403
Phoenicia
stem foinik-3 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
φοινίκη, -ης, ἡ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5403 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfoy-nee'-kay
palm-country; Phœnice (or Phœnicia), a region of Palestine
Fromfrom G5404;
King JamesPhenice, Phenicia.
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 | foinikas | foinikais |
| object accusative | foinikan2×Φοινίκην | foinikain |
| direct address vocative | foinikar | foinikair |
| of, belonging to genitive | foinikau1×Φοινίκης | foinikaiu |
| to, for dative | foinika | foinikai |
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
foinika 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
foinikan“Phoenicia”objectaccusative singular2×
Acts 15:3“Phoenicia”tois men oun propempiratois hupo tau ekklēsau dierchele tan tē Foinikan kai Samareian ekdiēgerōtois tan epistrofan teiu ethneiu, kai poiale charan megan pantoi toi adelfoi.Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.
Acts 21:2“Phoenicia”kai heuriskaratois ploiem diaperarōtem eis Foinikan epibainaratois anagina.Finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we boarded it and set sail.
foinikau“Phoenicia”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 11:19“Phoenicia”Tois men oun diaspeiriratois apo tau thlipsiau tau gineratau epi Stefano dierchala heōs Foinikau kai Kuprau kai Antiocheiau mēdeno lalarōtois ton logon ei mē monem Ioudaioi.Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.