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Mesopotamia

An extensive province of Asia, the Greek name of which denotes between the rivers,” and on this account Strabo says, ὅτι κεῖται μεταξὺ τοῦ Εὐφράτου καὶ τοῦ Τίγρος, that it was situated between the Euphrates and the Tigris. ” In Scripture this country is called Aram, and Aramea. Mesopotamia is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “between two rivers.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • concordance
  • STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Key facts

Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G3318
Greek
Μεσοποταμία · Mesopotamia
Name meaning
between two rivers According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

G3318

Μεσοποταμία · Mesopotamia

Glosses: Mesopotamia

Μεσοποταμία, -ας, ἡ (sc. χώρα) Mesopotamia: Act. 2:9 7:2.

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Mesopotamia

between two rivers

Source: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · View data sources

A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

MESOPOTAMIA

an extensive province of Asia, the Greek name of which denotes between the rivers,” and on this account Strabo says, ὅτι κεῖται μεταξὺ τοῦ Εὐφράτου καὶ τοῦ Τίγρος, that it was situated between the Euphrates and the Tigris. ” In Scripture this country is called Aram, and Aramea. But as Aram also signifies Syria, it is denominated Aram Naharaim, or the Syria of the rivers.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Concordance

All Scripture references8 references

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Topical Bible

Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Mesopotamia

Meaning:
between two rivers

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources

Sources

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