Acts 2:9

9ParthiansΠάρθοιandκαὶMedesΜῆδοιandκαὶElamitesἘλαμῖται,andκαὶthoseοἱinhabitingκατοικοῦντεςτὴνMesopotamiaΜεσοποταμίαν,JudeaἸουδαίανalsoτεandκαὶCappadociaΚαππαδοκίαν,PontusΠόντονandκαὶτὴνAsiaἈσίαν,

Parthians and Medes and Elamites; and those inhabiting Mesopotamia, also Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

Vocab difficulty

64.7

Rare words

  • Πάρθοι

    Πάρθος

    a Parthian, an inhabitant of the country beyond the eastern boundary of the Roman Empire between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf.

  • Μῆδοι

    Μῆδος

    a Mede, a Median, from east of Assyria.

  • Ἐλαμῖται

    Ἐλαμίτης

    an Elamite, one of a people living to the north of the Persian Gulf in the southern part of Persia.

  • Μεσοποταμίαν

    Μεσοποταμία

    Mesopotamia, the Country between the (two) Rivers, i.e. the Euphrates and the Tigris.

  • Καππαδοκίαν

    Καππαδοκία

    Cappadocia, a large Roman province in the central eastern part of Asia Minor.

  • Πόντον

    Πόντος

    Pontus, a Roman province in the north of Asia Minor, bordering on the Black Sea, governed along with Bithynia.