(orient). The passages in the New Testament where this word occurs are the following; (Acts 2:9; 6:9; 16:6; 19:10,22,26,27; 20:4,16,18; 21:27; 27:2; Romans 16:5; 1 Corinthians 16:19; 2 Corinthians 1:8; 2 Timothy 1:15; 1 Peter 1:1; Revelation 1:4,11) In all these it may be confidently stated that the word is used for a Roman province which embraced the western part of the peninsula of Asia Minor and of which Ephesus was the capital.
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Ā̆sĭa, ae, f. (in regard to the quantity of the A, cf. Jahn ad Ov. M. 5, 648), = Ἀσία. I.A Orig., ...
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