Word Summary
Phoinikē: Phoenicia, a region North of Galilee
Original Word: ΦοινίκηTransliteration: Phoinikē
Phonetic Spelling: (foy-nee'-kay)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Phoenicia, a region North of Galilee
Meaning: Phoenicia -- a region North of Galilee
Strong's Concordance
Phoenicia
From phoinix; palm-country; Phoenice (or Phoenicia), a region of Palestine -- Phenice, Phenicia.
see GREEK phoinix
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5403: ΦοινίκηΦοινίκη,
Φοινίκης,
ἡ,
Phoenice or Phoenicia, in the apostolic age a tract of the province of Syria, situated on the coast of the Mediterranean between the river Eleutherus and the promontory of Carmel, some thirty miles long and two or three broad (but see
BB. DD., under the word):
Acts 11:19;
Acts 15:3;
Acts 21:2.