Κόρινθος
Korinthos · Corinth
Greek word · Strong’s number G2882 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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Korinthos (Κόρινθος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Corinth”.
A great trading city of Greece and the capital of the province of Achaia, on the isthmus that joins the Peloponnese to the mainland.
How to say it
Ko·rin·thos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
The place
Corinth
Today: Ancient Corinth, near Corinth, Greece
A city in southern Greece, on the isthmus joining the north to the Peloponnese, between two seas.
Paul stayed there a year and a half and started the assembly (Acts 18:1, 11). He wrote it at least two letters (1 Cor 1:2; 2 Cor 1:1).
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Where it appears
- Acts 18:1
After these things he departed from Athens and came to Corinth.
- Acts 19:1
And it happened while Apollos was in Corinth that Paul, having passed through the inland regions, came to Ephesus and found some disciples.
- 1 Corinthians 1:2
to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in the Messiah Jesus, called to be saints, together with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, their Lord and ours:
- 2 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of the Messiah Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:
- 2 Corinthians 1:23
But I call God as witness on my life that it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.
- 2 Timothy 4:20
Erastus remained in Corinth, and Trophimus I left in Miletus sick.