Word

κλίμα

klíma · G2824 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

Region or regions of the earth, normally in relation to some ethnic group or geographical center, but not necessarily constituting a unit of governmental administration (region, territory, land, district (though this might imply too precisely a governmental area))

Examples
Romans 15:23 but now, with no further place for me in these regions, and since I have had for many years a longing to come to you
2 Corinthians 11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.
Galatians 1:21 Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

2 occurrences in 3 groups

ΚιλικίαCilicia 1
ΣυρίαSyria 1
ἈχαΐαAchaia 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

οὗτοςthis 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐνin 4
εἰςto 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

Region, territory, land (and even district, though this might imply too precisely a governmental area)1.79: κλίμα names a geographic region or tract of territory. Romans 15:23 has Paul stating, “now, with no further place for me in these regions,” the κλίμα naming the territories where he had already completed his gospel work.

Word family 10 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

κλίνω klínō · G2827 · to bow down (the head), to incline, to cause to run away · 7×κλίνη klínē · G2825 · bed, couch, cot · 9×ἀνακλίνω anaklínō · G347 · to lay down, to lay, to cause to recline to eat · 6×κατακλίνω kataklínō · G2625 · to cause to recline to eat, to have someone sit down to eat, to recline · 5×ἐκκλίνω ekklínō · G1578 · to shun, to avoid, to keep away from · 3×κλίμαklíma · G2824κλινίδιον klinídion · G2826 · cot, pallet, stretcher · 2×ἀκλινής aklinḗs · G186 · without wavering, firmly · 1×κλισία klisía · G2828 · a group eating together · 1×πρόσκλισις prósklisis · G4346 · prejudice, partiality · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon or κλίμα (on the accent cf. references under the word κρίμα), κλιματος, τό (κλίνω); 1. an…

or κλίμα (on the accent cf. references under the word κρίμα), κλιματος, τό (κλίνω);
1. an inclination, slope, declivity: τῶν ὁρῶν, Polybius 2, 16, 3; (others). specifically,
2. the (supposed) sloping of the earth from the equator toward the poles, a zone: Aristotle, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, others; Josephus, b. j. 5, 12, 2.
3. a tract of land, a region: Rom 15:23; 2 Cor 11:10; Gal 1:21; (Polybius 5,44,6; 7,6, 1; Herodian, 2, 11, 8 (4 edition, Bekker); others).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Sociopolitical Areas3 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0