Strong's Number G490

Transliteration:

Antiocheia{an-tee-okh'-i-ah}

Word Origin:

from Antiochus (a Syrian king)

Part of Speech:

proper name location

Usage in the KJV:

Antioch 18

Total: 18

Definition:

Antioch = 'driven against"

Capital of Syria, situated on the river Orontes, founded by Seleucus Nicanor in 300 B.C. and named in honour of his father, Antiochus. Many Greek-Jews lived there and it was here that the followers of Christ were first called Christians.
A city in Pisidia on the borders Phrygia, founded by Seleucus Nicanor. Under the Romans it became a "colonia" and was also called Caesarea