Τρῳάς, and (so
L T WH (see Iota and references in
Pape, Eigennamen, under the word))
Τρῳάς,
Τρῳάδος,
ἡ (on the article with it see
Winers Grammar, § 5, b.),
Troas, a city near the Hellespont, formerly called
Ἀντιγονεια Τρῳάς, but by Lysimachus
Ἀλεξάνδρεια ἡ Τρῳάς in honor of Alexander the Great; it flourished under the Romans (and with its environs was raised by Augustus to a
colonia juris italici, 'the Troad'; cf.
Strabo 13, 1, 26;
Pliny, 5, 33):
Acts 16:8, 11; Acts 20:5; 2 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Timothy 4:13. (B. D. under the word.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Acts
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16:8; 16:11; 20:5
- 2 Corinthians
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2:12
- 2 Timothy
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4:13
