Acts 2:9
9ParthiansΠάρθοιandκαὶMedesΜῆδοιandκαὶElamitesἘλαμῖται,andκαὶthoseοἱinhabitingκατοικοῦντεςτὴνMesopotamiaΜεσοποταμίαν,JudeaἸουδαίανalsoτεandκαὶCappadociaΚαππαδοκίαν,PontusΠόντονandκαὶτὴνAsiaἈσίαν,
Parthians and Medes and Elamites; and those inhabiting Mesopotamia, also Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
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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.