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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Ἀσία G773
Pronunciation Asía
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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Questions this entry answers
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] Asia 10× Acts 16:6, Acts 19:10, Acts 19:22, Acts 20:16
Asia 3× Acts 2:9, Acts 6:9, 1 Peter 1:1
in [the province of] Asia 2× Romans 16:5, 1 Corinthians 16:19
[ the province of ] Asia 1× Acts 19:27
[province of] Asia 1× Acts 19:26
[the coast of] Asia 1× Acts 27:2
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 2:9 Ἀσίαν to Asia Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 6:9 Ἀσίας to Asia Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Acts 16:6 Ἀσίᾳ to [the province of] Asia Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Acts 19:10 Ἀσίαν to [the province of] Asia Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 19:22 Ἀσίαν to [the province of] Asia Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 19:26 Ἀσίας to [province of] Asia Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Acts 19:27 Ἀσία to [ the province of ] Asia Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Acts 20:16 Ἀσίᾳ to [the province of] Asia Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Acts 20:18 Ἀσίαν to [the province of] Asia Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 21:27 Ἀσίας to [the province of] Asia Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 2:9
Aligned rows 18
Books represented 7
Acts 12 Romans 1 1 Corinthians 1 2 Corinthians 1 2 Timothy 1 1 Peter 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
Ἀσίας 7x Asias Acts 6:9, Acts 19:26, Acts 21:27, Acts 24:18
Ἀσίᾳ 5x Asia Acts 16:6, Acts 20:16, 2 Corinthians 1:8, 2 Timothy 1:15
Ἀσίαν 5x Asian Acts 2:9, Acts 19:10, Acts 19:22, Acts 20:18
Ἀσία 1x Asia Acts 19:27
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 7x Acts 6:9, Acts 19:26, Acts 21:27, Acts 24:18
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 5x Acts 2:9, Acts 19:10, Acts 19:22, Acts 20:18
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 5x Acts 16:6, Acts 20:16, 2 Corinthians 1:8, 2 Timothy 1:15
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Acts 19:27
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Asia, i.e. Asia Minor, or (usually) only its western shore
Strong's G773
Lexical occurrences 18 verses Greek text appearances 19 times 16 shown below Word forms 4 forms 18 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
Asia, i.e. Asia Minor, or (usually) only its western shore
Extended definition
:--Asia.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 2:9 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Ἀσίαν, asian
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verse Acts 6:9 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Ἀσίας, asiav
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verse Acts 16:6 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Ἀσίᾳ, asia
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verse Acts 19:10 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Ἀσίαν asian
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verse Acts 19:22 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Ἀσίαν. asian
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verse Acts 19:26 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Ἀσίας, asiav
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verse Acts 19:27 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
Ἀσία asia
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verse Acts 20:4 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Ἀσίας asiav
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verse Acts 20:16 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Ἀσίᾳ· asia
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verse Acts 20:18 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Ἀσίαν, asian
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verse Acts 21:27 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Ἀσίας asiav
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verse Acts 24:18 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Ἀσίας asiav
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verse Acts 27:2 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Ἀσίαν asian
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verse 1 Corinthians 16:19 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Ἀσίας· asiav
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verse 2 Corinthians 1:8 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Ἀσίᾳ, asia
roughly the western third of Asia Minor
Read verse 2 Timothy 1:15 Noun 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 patterns 4 Aligned forms 18 Case pattern Genitive (7) Number pattern Singular (18)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Acts 19:27 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 6:9 · Acts 19:26 · Acts 21:27 · Acts 24:19 · Rom 16:5 · 1 Cor 16:19 · 1 Pet 1:1 7×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Acts 16:6 · Acts 20:16 · 2 Cor 1:8 · 2 Tim 1:15 · Rev 1:4 5×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 2:9 · Acts 19:10 · Acts 19:22 · Acts 20:18 · Acts 27:2 5×
Word Origins
Ἀσία is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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