What does Ἀσία (Asía) mean in the Bible?
e. Asia Minor, or (usually) only its western shore".
Greek · G773
Ἀσία
Asia, i.e. Asia Minor, or (usually) only its western shore
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ἈσίαG773
PronunciationAsía
What does Ἀσία (Asía) mean in the Bible?
Ἀσία (Asía) is a Greek word meaning "Asia, i.e. Asia Minor, or (usually) only its western shore".
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How does the BSB render G773?
The BSB source-word alignment has 18 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [the province of] Asia (10), Asia (3), in [the province of] Asia (2), [ the province of ] Asia (1), [province of] Asia (1).
Where does Ἀσία (Asía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 2:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (12), 1 Corinthians (1), 1 Peter (1), 2 Corinthians (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[the province of] Asia10×Acts 16:6, Acts 19:10, Acts 19:22, Acts 20:16
Asia3×Acts 2:9, Acts 6:9, 1 Peter 1:1
in [the province of] Asia2×Romans 16:5, 1 Corinthians 16:19
[ the province of ] Asia1×Acts 19:27
[province of] Asia1×Acts 19:26
[the coast of] Asia1×Acts 27:2
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 2:9ἈσίανtoAsiaNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularActs 6:9ἈσίαςtoAsiaNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularActs 16:6Ἀσίᾳto[the province of] AsiaNoun - Dative Feminine SingularActs 19:10Ἀσίανto[the province of] AsiaNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularActs 19:22Ἀσίανto[the province of] AsiaNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularActs 19:26Ἀσίαςto[province of] AsiaNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularActs 19:27Ἀσίαto[ the province of ] AsiaNoun - Nominative Feminine SingularActs 20:16Ἀσίᾳto[the province of] AsiaNoun - Dative Feminine SingularActs 20:18Ἀσίανto[the province of] AsiaNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularActs 21:27Ἀσίαςto[the province of] AsiaNoun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 2:9
Aligned rows18
Books represented7
Acts12Romans11 Corinthians12 Corinthians12 Timothy11 Peter1Revelation1
Source forms
Ἀσίας7xAsiasActs 6:9, Acts 19:26, Acts 21:27, Acts 24:18
Ἀσίᾳ5xAsiaActs 16:6, Acts 20:16, 2 Corinthians 1:8, 2 Timothy 1:15
Ἀσίαν5xAsianActs 2:9, Acts 19:10, Acts 19:22, Acts 20:18
Ἀσία1xAsiaActs 19:27
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular7xActs 6:9, Acts 19:26, Acts 21:27, Acts 24:18
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular5xActs 2:9, Acts 19:10, Acts 19:22, Acts 20:18
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular5xActs 16:6, Acts 20:16, 2 Corinthians 1:8, 2 Timothy 1:15
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular1xActs 19:27
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Asia, i.e. Asia Minor, or (usually) only its western shore
Strong'sG773
Lexical occurrences18 versesGreek text appearances19 times16 shown belowWord forms4 forms18 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
Asia, i.e. Asia Minor, or (usually) only its western shore
Extended definition
:--Asia.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 19 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 2:9Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Ἀσίαν,asian
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verseActs 6:9Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Ἀσίας,asiav
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verseActs 16:6Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Ἀσίᾳ,asia
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verseActs 19:10Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Ἀσίανasian
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verseActs 19:22Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Ἀσίαν.asian
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verseActs 19:26Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Ἀσίας,asiav
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verseActs 19:27Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
Ἀσίαasia
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verseActs 20:4Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Ἀσίαςasiav
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verseActs 20:16Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Ἀσίᾳ·asia
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verseActs 20:18Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Ἀσίαν,asian
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verseActs 21:27Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Ἀσίαςasiav
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verseActs 24:18Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Ἀσίαςasiav
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verseActs 27:2Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Ἀσίανasian
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verse1 Corinthians 16:19Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Ἀσίας·asiav
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verse2 Corinthians 1:8Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Ἀσίᾳ,asia
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verse2 Timothy 1:15Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Ἀσίᾳ,asia
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
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 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns4Aligned forms18Case patternGenitive (7)Number patternSingular (18)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · FeminineActs 19:271×
Genitive · Singular · FeminineActs 6:9 · Acts 19:26 · Acts 21:27 · Acts 24:19 · Rom 16:5 · 1 Cor 16:19 · 1 Pet 1:17×
Dative · Singular · FeminineActs 16:6 · Acts 20:16 · 2 Cor 1:8 · 2 Tim 1:15 · Rev 1:45×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineActs 2:9 · Acts 19:10 · Acts 19:22 · Acts 20:18 · Acts 27:25×
Word Origins
Ἀσία is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.