Word Summary
Kenchreai: Cenchrea, a port of Corinth
Original Word: ΚεγχρεαίTransliteration: Kenchreai
Phonetic Spelling: (keng-khreh-a'-hee)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Cenchrea, a port of Corinth
Meaning: Cenchrea -- a port of Corinth
Strong's Concordance
Cencrea.
Probably from kegchros (millet); Cenchreae, a port of Corinth -- Cencrea.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2747: ΚεγχρεαίΚεγχρεαί (
T WH Κενχρεαί (cf.
WH's Appendix, p. 150)),
Κεγχρεων,
αἱ,
Cenchreae or Kenchreae, a port of Corinth, about 60 (70;
Strabo (as below)) stadia from the city, on the eastern side of the isthmus, the emporium of its trade with Asia (
Strabo 8, p. 380):
Acts 18:18;
Romans 16:1. (It still retains the ancient name; cf.
B. D. American edition, under the word; Lewin, St. Paul, i. 299f.)
STRONGS NT 2747: Κενχρεαί [Κενχρεαί, see Κεγχρεαί.]