Quick Definition
Melita, Malta
Biblical Persons & Places
Malta
Malta
A location only mentioned at Act.28.1;
only referred to as Malta (Μελίτη).
Strong's Definition
Melita, an island in the Mediterranean
Derivation: of uncertain origin;
KJV Usage: Melita
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Μελίτη, Μελιτης, ἡ, Melita, the name of an island in the Mediterranean, lying between Africa and Sicily, now called Malta; (this Sicula Melita must not be confounded with Melita Illyrica in the Adriatic, now called Meleda (see B. D. under the word ; Smith, Voyage and Shipwr. of St. Paul, Diss. ii.)): Act_28:1 (where WH Μελιηνη; see their Appendix, p. 160).
STRONGS NT 3194: Μελιτήνη [Μελιτήνη, see the preceding word.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Μελίτη Melitē 1x
also spelled Μελιτήνη , Malta, an island in the Mediterranean, Act_28:1
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Μελίτη ,
( Rec. , R , txt .), Μελιτήνη
( WH , R , mg ., v. WH , App ., 160),
Melita, Melitene (mod. Malta) : Act_28:1 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Μελίτη [page 395]
For this proper name in Act_28:1 . WH (cf. RV marg.) read Μελιτήνη with B*, but there can be little doubt that this reading is due to dittography of the following ἡ νῆ (σος ). Preuschen ( HZNT ab Ac l.c. ) states that the administration of the islands subject to Sicily was in the hands of a governor who bore the title municipi Melitensium primus omnium ( CIL X. 7495), and compares IG XIV. 601 Λ (ούκιος ) Κα [στρί ]κιος Κυρ (είνᾳ ) Προύδηνς ἱππεὺς Ῥωμ (αίων ) πρῶτος Μελιταίων (cf. Act_28:7 ) καὶ πάτρων ἄρξας καὶ ἀμφιπολεύσας θεῷ Αὐγούστῳ . . .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
Μελίτη (Rec., R, txt.), Μελιτήνη (WH, R, mg., see WH, App., 160),
Melita, Melitene (mod. Malta) : Act.28:1.†
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