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Antipatris

Acts xxiii, 31, a town in Palestine, anciently called Caphar-Saba, according to Josephus; but named Antipatris by Herod the Great, in honour of his father Antipater. Antipatris is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “for, or against the father.” This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: concordance
  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
  • Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G0494
Greek
Ἀντιπατρίς · Antipatris
Name meaning
for, or against the father According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Ἀντιπατρίς

G0494
Transliteration
Antipatris
Language
Greek
Part of speech
N:N--L
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

Antipatris

Lexicon definition

Ἀντιπατρίς, -ίδος, ἡ Antipatris, bet. Joppa and Caesarea: Act.23:31.† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

Ἀντιπατρίς

G0494
Transliteration
Antipatrís
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

Antipatris

Lexicon definition

Antipatris, a place in Palestine

Hebrew lexical coverage

No safely matched Hebrew Strong’s entry

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Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Antipatris

for, or against the father

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

ANTIPATRIS

Acts xxiii, 31, a town in Palestine, anciently called Caphar-Saba, according to Josephus; but named Antipatris by Herod the Great, in honour of his father Antipater. It was situated in a pleasant valley, near the mountains, in the way from Jerusalem to Cæsarea. Josephus places it at about the distance of seventeen miles from Joppa. To this place St. Paul was brought in his way to the governor of Judea at Cæsarea, Acts xxiii, 31.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Antipatris

Indexed occurrences: 1

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All Scripture references1 references

Acts 1

Acts 23:31

Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

ANTIPATRIS

Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for ANTIPATRIS.

Indexed references: 1

Scripture references:
Acts 23:31

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Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Antipatris

Meaning:
for, or against the father

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Topic

ANTIPATRIS

Nave’s Topical Bible references for ANTIPATRIS.

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Dictionary

Antipatris

for, or against the father

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Dictionary

Me-jarkon

Waters of yellowness, or clear waters, a river in the tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:46). It has been identified with the river Aujeh, which rises at Antipatris.

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