Quick Definition
Πτολεμαΐς, ΐδος, ἡ n.f. Ptolemais
Strong's Definition
Ptolemais, a place in Palestine
Derivation: from (Ptolemy, after whom it was named);
KJV Usage: Ptolemais
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun-name, f. | -ΐδος
93.557 · Names of Persons and Places · Places
Ptolemais a seaport on the coast of Palestine (called Acco in OT times)
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Πτολεμαΐς, Πτολεμιδος, ἡ, Ptolemais, a maritime city of Phoenicia, which got its name, apparently, from Ptolemy Lathyrus (who captured it , and rebuilt it more beautifully (cf. Josephus, Antiquities 13, 12, 2f)); it is called in Jdg_1:31 and in the Talmud ςΗλΜε, in the Sept. Ακχω, by the Greeks Ἄκη (on the varying accent cf. Pape, Eigennam. under the word Πτολεμαΐς), and Romans Ace, and by modern Europeans (Acre or) St. Jean d' Acre (from a church erected there in the middle ages to St. John); it is now under Turkish rule and contains about 8000 inhabitants (cf. Baedeker, Palestine and Syria, English edition, p. 356): Act_21:7. (Often mentioned in the books of the Maccabees and by Josephus under the name of Πτολεμαΐς, cf. especially b. j. 2, 10, 2f; (see Reland, Palaest., p. 534ff; Ritter, Palestine, English translation, iv., p. 361ff).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Πτολεμαίς Ptolemais 1x
Ptolemais, a city on the seacoast of Galilee: the modern Acre, Acts 21:7*. See PhotoGuide.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Πτολεμαΐς, -ΐδος, ἡ, Ptolemais, a maritime city of Phœnicea: Ac 21:7.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
Πτολεμαΐς (Ptolemais) — Ptolemais. name of several cities, especially of one in Phoenicia, now Acre , [Refs 1st c.BC] (Middle Liddel)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
Πτολεμαΐς, -ΐδος, ἡ
Ptolemais, a maritime city of Phœnicea: Act.21:7.†
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