Lexical Summary Athēnai: Athens, capital of Attica in Greece Original Word: ἈθῆναιTransliteration: Athēnai Phonetic Spelling: (ath-ay-nahee) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: Athens, capital of Attica in Greece Meaning: Athens -- capital of Attica in Greece Strong's Concordance Athens. Plural of Athene (the goddess of wisdom, who was reputed to have founded the city); Athenoe, the capitol of Greece -- Athens. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 116: ἈθῆναιἈθῆναι, , αἱ (on the plural cf. Winers Grammar, 176 (166)), Athens, the most celebrated city of Greece: Acts 17:15; Acts 18:1; 1 Thessalonians 3:1. |