"Syria, an extensive country of Asia, Mt. 4:24; Lk. 2:2; Acts 15:23"
Definition and meaning
Syria, an extensive country of Asia, Mt. 4:24; Lk. 2:2; Acts 15:23
In the original Greek the word is written: Συρία
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of syria (G4947) across the King James Bible.
And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
( And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.
Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
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Common questions
Strong's G4947 (syria) is a Greek word that means: Syria, an extensive country of Asia, Mt. 4:24; Lk. 2:2; Acts 15:23 It appears 8 times in the King James Bible.
The word syria (G4947) appears 8 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4947 is syria, a Greek word defined as: Syria, an extensive country of Asia, Mt. 4:24; Lk. 2:2; Acts 15:23. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
syria is a Greek word found in the New Testament.