What does Κεγχρεαί (Kenchreaí) mean in the Bible?
Κεγχρεαί (Kenchreaí) is a Greek word meaning "Cenchreæ, a port of Corinth".
Greek · G2747
Κεγχρεαί
Cenchreæ, a port of Corinth
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Κεγχρεαί G2747
Pronunciation Kenchreaí
What does Κεγχρεαί (Kenchreaí) mean in the Bible?
Κεγχρεαί (Kenchreaí) is a Greek word meaning "Cenchreæ, a port of Corinth".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2747?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Cenchrea (2).
Where does Κεγχρεαί (Kenchreaí) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 18:18. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Cenchrea 2× Acts 18:18, Romans 16:1
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Usage map
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First aligned row Acts 18:18
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Acts 1 Romans 1
Source forms
Κενχρεαῖς 2x Kenchreais Acts 18:18, Romans 16:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 2x Acts 18:18, Romans 16:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Cenchreæ, a port of Corinth
Strong's G2747
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
Cenchreæ, a port of Corinth
Extended definition
:--Cencrea.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 18:18 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
Κεγχρεαῖς· kegcreaiv
Cenchreae
Read verse Romans 16:1 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
Κεγχρεαῖς· kegcreaiv
Cenchreae
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Plural · Feminine Acts 18:18 · Rom 16:1 2×
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain