Makedōn · Macedonian

What it means

Makedōn (Μακεδών) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Macedonian”.

A person from Macedonia.

How to say it

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.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A native of Macedonia, the region of Philippi and Thessalonica.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Macedonians ×3
• Macedonian ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Acts×3
• 2 Corinthians×2

• Acts 16:9

  And a vision appeared to Paul during the night: a certain Macedonian man was standing and urging him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

• Acts 19:29

  And the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed with one mind into the theater, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul’s traveling companions.

• Acts 27:2

  And embarking on a ship of Adramyttium that was about to sail to the places along the coast of Asia, we put out to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, being with us.

• 2 Corinthians 9:2

  for I know your eagerness, which I boast about to the Macedonians on your behalf, saying that Achaia has been prepared since last year; and your zeal has stirred up most of them.

• 2 Corinthians 9:4

  lest somehow, if Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we be put to shame —not to say you— in this confidence.