Strongs Number: G2747
- Greek Word
- Κεγχρεαί
- Transliteration
- Kegchreai
- Phonetic
- keng-khreh-a'hee
- Part of Speech
- Noun Location
- Strongs Definition
-
Cenchreae a port of Corinth
- Thayers Definition
-
Cenchrea = "millet"
1. the eastern harbour of Corinth (i.e. its harbour on the Saronic Gulf) and the emporium of its trade with the Asiatic shores of the Mediterranean, as Lechaeum on the Corinthian Gulf connected it with Italy and the west
- Origin
- Probably from κέγχρος kegchros (millet)
- Bible Usage
- Cenchrea.