Strong's Greek · G2430

G2430 Ikónion

Ἰκόνιον

Iconium

Definition

image-like; Iconium, a place in Asia Minor

Derivation

perhaps from G1504 (εἰκών);

Appears 6 times in Scripture

2 Timothy 3:11

my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.

Acts 14:1

At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.

Acts 14:19

Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.

Acts 13:51

So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.

Acts 16:2

The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.

Acts 14:21

They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

When Ikónion is spoken over you

Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what Ikónion means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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