Adria
Bible Usage:
- Adria used once.
- Bible Reference: Acts 27:27
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: No
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance:
- G99 Used 1 time
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Adria
(Acts 27:27; R.V., "the sea of Adria"), the Adriatic Sea, including in Paul's time the whole of the Mediterranean lying between Crete and Sicily. It is the modern Gulf of Venice, the Mare Superum_ of the Romans, as distinguished from the Mare Inferum_ or Tyrrhenian Sea.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Adria
more properly A'drias, the Adriatic Sea. (Acts 27:27) The word seems to have been derived from the town of Adria, near the Po. In Paul's time it included the whole sea between Greece and Italy, reaching south from Crete to Sicily. [MELITA]
Naves Topical Index
Adria, Sea of
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Adriatic
ADRIAT'IC, adjective [Latin Aldria, or Hadria, the gulf of Venice.]
Pertaining to the Gulf, called, from Venice, the Venetian Gulf.
ADRIAT'IC, noun The Venetian Gulf; a Gulf that washes the eastern side of Italy.
Bible Usage:
- Adria used once.
- Bible Reference: Acts 27:27
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: No
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance:
- G99 Used 1 time