noun · feminine
mesopotamias
GreekΜεσοποταμία (mesopotamia)
Strong’sG3318
Mesopotamia
stem mesopotami-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Μεσοποταμία, -ας, ἡ (sc. χώρα),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3318 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | mesopotamias | mesopotamiais |
| object accusative | mesopotamian1×Μεσοποταμίαν | mesopotamiain |
| direct address vocative | mesopotamiar | mesopotamiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | mesopotamiau | mesopotamiaiu |
| to, for dative | mesopotamia1×Μεσοποταμίᾳ | mesopotamiai |
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
mesopotamia 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
mesopotamian“Mesopotamia”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 2:9“Mesopotamia”Parthois kai Mēdois kai Elamitois, kai tois katoikarōtois tan Mesopotamian, Ioudaian tē kai Kappadokian, Ponton kai tan Asian,Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
mesopotamia“Mesopotamia”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 7:2“Mesopotamia”tos de fēate; Anēroir adelfoir kai patēroir, akouavar; Tos theos tau doxau horita to patēro nu Abraam arōto en ta Mesopotamia prin ē katoikara auton en Charran,And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,