Titus 3:255

Πρὸς Τίτον τῆς Κρητῶν ἐκκλησίας πρῶτον ἐπίσκοπον χειροτονηθέντα ἐγράφη ἀπὸ Νικοπόλεως τῆς Μακεδονίας
It was written to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
Πρὸς
G4314
pros
a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e., near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e., whither or for which it is predicated)
  • to the advantage of
    • "at, near, by"to, towards, with, with regard to
Τίτον
G5103
titos
nurse
Titus, a Christian
  • a Gentile Christian an Paul's companion in some of his journeys
τῆς
G3588
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
Κρητῶν
G2912
krēs
a Cretan, i.e., inhabitant of Crete
  • a Cretan, an inhabitant of the island of Crete
ἐκκλησίας
G1577
ekklēsia
a calling out, i.e., (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both)
  • a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly
    • an assembly of the people convened at the public place of the council for the purpose of deliberating
      • "the assembly of the Israelites"any gathering or throng of men assembled by chance, tumultuously"in a Christian sense
      • an assembly of Christians gathered for worship in a religious meeting
        • "a company of Christian, or of those who, hoping for eternal salvation through Jesus Christ, observe their own religious rites, hold their own religious meetings, and manage their own affairs, according to regulations prescribed for the body for order's sake"those who anywhere, in a city, village, constitute such a company and are united into one body"the whole body of Christians scattered throughout the earth"the assembly of faithful Christians already dead and received into heaven
πρῶτον
G4413
prōtos
foremost (in time, place, order or importance)
  • first in time or place
    • in any succession of things or persons
    first in rank
    • influence, honor
      • "chief"principal
    first, at the first
ἐπίσκοπον
G1985
episkopos
a superintendent, i.e., Christian officer in genitive case charge of a (or the) church (literally or figuratively)
  • an overseer
    • a man charged with the duty of seeing that things to be done by others are done rightly, any curator, guardian or superintendent
      • "the superintendent, elder, or overseer of a Christian church
χειροτονηθέντα
G5500
cheirotoneō
to be a hand-reacher or voter (by raising the hand), i.e., (generally) to select or appoint
  • to vote by stretching out the hand
    • "to create or appoint by vote: one to have charge of some office or duty"to elect, create, appoint
ἐγράφη
G1125
graphō
to ___%___grave___%___, especially to write; figuratively, to describe
  • to write, with reference to the form of the letters
    • to delineate (or form) letters on a tablet, parchment, paper, or other material
    to write, with reference to the contents of the writing
    • to express in written characters
      • "to commit to writing (things not to be forgotten), write down, record"used of those things which stand written in the sacred books (of the Old Testament)"to write to one, i.e., by writing (in a written epistle) to give information, directions
    to fill with writing"to draw up in writing, compose
ἀπὸ
G575
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
Νικοπόλεως
G3533
nikopolis
city of victory
victorious city; Nicopolis, a place in Macedonia
  • a city in Macedonia where Paul temporarily dwelt (perhaps Thracian Nicopolis, founded by Trojan on the river Nestus)
τῆς
G3588
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
Μακεδονίας
G3109
makedonia
extended land
Macedonia, a region of Greece
  • a country bounded on the south by Thessaly and Epirus, on the east by Thrace and the Aegean Sea, on the west by Illyria, and on the North by Dardania and Moesia

Πρὸς Τίτον τῆς Κρητῶν ἐκκλησίας πρῶτον ἐπίσκοπον χειροτονηθέντα ἐγράφη ἀπὸ Νικοπόλεως τῆς Μακεδονίας
255
It was written to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia.
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