Acts 23:34

ἀναγνοὺς δὲ ὁ ἡγεμὼν καὶ ἐπερωτήσας ἐκ ποίας ἐπαρχίας ἐστὶν καὶ πυθόμενος ὅτι ἀπὸ Κιλικίας
And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ἀναγνοὺς
G314 V-2AAP-NSM
anaginōskō
to know again, i.e., (by extension) to read
  • to distinguish between, to recognize, to know accurately, to acknowledge
    • "to read
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
ὁ
G3588
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ἡγεμὼν
G2232
hēgemōn
a leader, i.e., chief person (or figuratively, place) of a province
  • a leader of any kind, a guide, ruler, prefect, president, chief, general, commander, sovereign
    • a ___%___legatus Caesaris___%___ (an officer administering a province in the name and with the authority of the Roman emperor)
      • the governor of a province
      a procurator, an officer who was attached to a proconsul or a proprietor and had charge of the imperial revenues
      • in causes relating to these revenues he administered justice
      of a principal town as the capital of the region
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
ἐπερωτήσας
G1905 V-AAP-NSM
eperōtaō
to ask for, i.e., inquire, seek
  • to accost one with an enquiry, put a question to, enquiry of, ask, interrogate
    • "to address one with a request or demand
    • to ask of or demand of one
ἐκ
G1537 PREP
ek
a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct or remote)
  • out of, from, by, away from
ποίας
G4169 I-GSF
poios
individualizing interrogative (of character) what sort of, or (of number) which one
  • of what sort or nature
ἐπαρχίας
G1885
eparchia
a special region of government, i.e., a Roman praefecture
  • the office of a governor or prefect
    • "the region subject to a prefect
    • a province of the Roman empire, either a larger province, or an appendage to a larger province, as Palestine was to that of Syria
ἐστὶν
G2076
esti
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
  • third person singular of ___%___to be___%___
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
πυθόμενος
G4441 V-2ADP-NSM
pynthanomai
to question, i.e., ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from G2065, which properly means a request as a favor; and from G0154, which is strictly a demand for something due; as well as from G2212, which implies a search for something hidden; and from G1189, which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication, to learn (by casual intelligence)
  • to enquire, ask
    • "to ascertain, by enquiry
ὅτι
G3754 CONJ
hoti
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
  • that, because, since
ἀπὸ
G575 PREP
apo
___%___off,___%___ i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
  • of separation
    • of local separation, after verbs of motion from a place i.e., of departing, of fleeing
      • "of separation of a part from the whole
      • where of a whole some part is taken
      of any kind of separation of one thing from another by which the union or fellowship of the two is destroyed"of a state of separation, that is of distance
      • physical, of distance of place
        • "temporal, of distance of time
    of origin
    • of the place whence anything is, comes, befalls, is taken
      • "of origin of a cause
Κιλικίας
G2791 N-GSF-L
kilikia
the land of Celix
Cilicia, a region of Asia Minor
  • a maritime province in the southeast of Asia Minor, boarding on Pamphylia in the west, Lycaonia and Cappadocia in the north and Syria in the east

ἀναγνοὺς δὲ ὁ ἡγεμὼν καὶ ἐπερωτήσας ἐκ ποίας ἐπαρχίας ἐστὶν καὶ πυθόμενος ὅτι ἀπὸ Κιλικίας
34
And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;
Cross References

Acts 21:39

εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Παῦλος Ἐγὼ ἄνθρωπος μέν εἰμι Ἰουδαῖος Ταρσεὺς τῆς Κιλικίας οὐκ ἀσήμου πόλεως πολίτης· δέομαι δέ σου ἐπίτρεψόν μοι λαλῆσαι πρὸς τὸν λαόν
39
But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.

Acts 25:1

Φῆστος οὖν ἐπιβὰς τῇ ἐπαρχίᾳ μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἀνέβη εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἀπὸ Καισαρείας
1
Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

Luke 23:6

Πιλᾶτος δὲ ἀκούσας Γαλιλαίαν ἐπηρώτησεν εἰ ὁ ἄνθρωπος Γαλιλαῖός ἐστιν·
6
When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.

Acts 6:9

ἀνέστησαν δέ τινες τῶν ἐκ τῆς συναγωγῆς τῆς λεγομένης Λιβερτίνων καὶ Κυρηναίων καὶ Ἀλεξανδρέων καὶ τῶν ἀπὸ Κιλικίας καὶ Ἀσίας συζητοῦντες τῷ Στεφάνῳ
9
Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.

Esther 8:9

וַיִּקָּֽרְאוּ סֹפְרֵֽי-הַמֶּלֶךְ בָּֽעֵת-הַהִיא בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי הוּא-חֹדֶשׁ סִיוָן בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁה וְעֶשְׂרִים בּוֹ וַיִּכָּתֵב כְּֽכָל-אֲשֶׁר-צִוָּה מָרְדֳּכַי אֶל-הַיְּהוּדִים וְאֶל הָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִֽים-וְהַפַּחוֹת וְשָׂרֵי הַמְּדִינוֹת אֲשֶׁר׀ מֵהֹדּוּ וְעַד-כּוּשׁ שֶׁבַע וְעֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה מְדִינָה מְדִינָה וּמְדִינָה כִּכְתָבָהּ וְעַם וָעָם כִּלְשֹׁנוֹ וְאֶל-הַיְּהוּדִים כִּכְתָבָם וְכִלְשׁוֹנָֽם׃
9
Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

Daniel 2:49

וְדָנִיֵּאל בְּעָא מִן-מַלְכָּא וּמַנִּי עַל עֲבִֽידְתָּא דִּי מְדִינַת בָּבֶל לְשַׁדְרַךְ מֵישַׁךְ וַעֲבֵד נְגוֹ וְדָנִיֵּאל בִּתְרַע מַלְכָּֽא׃
49
Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

Daniel 6:1

שְׁפַר קֳדָם דָּרְיָוֶשׁ וַהֲקִים עַל-מַלְכוּתָא לַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא מְאָה וְעֶשְׂרִין דִּי לֶהֱוֺן בְּכָל-מַלְכוּתָֽא׃
1
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;

Acts 15:41

διήρχετο δὲ τὴν Συρίαν καὶ Κιλικίαν ἐπιστηρίζων τὰς ἐκκλησίας
41
And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

Esther 1:1

וַיְהִי בִּימֵי אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ הוּא אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ הַמֹּלֵךְ מֵהֹדּוּ וְעַד-כּוּשׁ שֶׁבַע וְעֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה מְדִינָֽה׃
1
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
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