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Adrias <a href="../greek/100.htm" title="100">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Adrias: Adriatic Sea</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">Ἀδρίας</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Adrias<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ä-dree-äs'<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(ad-ree'-as)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Adriatic Sea<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>the Hadria, a name given by sailors not merely to the Adriatic Sea, to which it properly belonged, but also to the open Mediterranean to the south-east of Italy, to the sea that lay between Malta, Italy, Greece, and Crete.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Latin "Adriaticus," referring to the Adriatic Sea.<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There are no direct Hebrew equivalents for "Adrias" as it is a specific geographical term related to the Greco-Roman world.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "Adrias" refers specifically to the Adriatic Sea, a body of water that lies between the Italian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula. In the context of the New Testament, it is used to describe the sea area where the Apostle Paul experienced a shipwreck during his journey to Rome.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>The Adriatic Sea was a significant body of water in the ancient world, serving as a major route for trade and travel between the eastern and western parts of the Roman Empire. It was known for its unpredictable weather and treacherous sailing conditions, which are reflected in the biblical account of Paul's shipwreck. The sea was named after the ancient city of Adria, which was an important port in the region.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of uncertain origin<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>the Adriatic, the name of a sea<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Adriatic (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 99: Ἀδρίας</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">Ἀδρίας</span></span> (<span class="manuref">WH</span> <span class="greek2">Ἁδρ.</span>), , <span class="greek2">ὁ</span>, <span class="accented">Adrias, the Adriatic Sea,</span> i. e., in a wide sense, the sea between Greece and Italy: <a href="/interlinear/acts/27-27.htm">Acts 27:27</a>, (cf. <span class="abbreviation">B. D.</span> under the word <REFERENCE_WORK:Smith's Bible Dictionary><TOPIC:Adria>; Dict. of Greek and Rom. Geog. under the word Adriaticum Mare).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Adria. <p>From Adria (a place near its shore); the Adriatic sea (including the Ionian) -- Adria. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>Αδρια Ἀδρίᾳ Ἁδρίᾳ αδροί αδροίς αδρούς Adria Hadria Hadríāi<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/acts/27-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 27:27</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Masculine Singular">N-DMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/27.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐν τῷ <b>Ἁδρίᾳ</b> κατὰ μέσον</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/27.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> as we were being driven about <span class="itali">in the Adriatic</span> Sea, about<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/27.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in <span class="itali">Adria,</span> about<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/27-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in the <span class="itali">Adriatic</span> toward [the] middle<p><b><a href="/greek/99.htm">Strong's Greek 99</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_99.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/adria_99.htm">Ἁδρίᾳ — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/98.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="98"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="98" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/100.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="100"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="100" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>