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Strong's G3318 Μεσοποταμία (mesopotamia)

Mesopotamia - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3318 — yatsa (“out”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3318
Language Greek
Linked Usages 23
Books 7

Strong's G3318 Quick Answer

Strong's G3318 Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. Mesopotamia (mes-op-ot-am-ee'-ah) n/l. 1. Mesopotamia (as lying between the Euphrates and the Tigris), a region of Asia [from G3319 and G4215] It has 23 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include mesopotamia. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
Mesopotamia (mes-op-ot-am-ee'-ah) n/l. 1. Mesopotamia (as lying between the Euphrates and the Tigris), a region of Asia [from G3319 and G4215]
Usage
23 linked usages
Books
7 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
mesopotamia

Meaning and Definition

Mesopotamia (mes-op-ot-am-ee'-ah) n/l. 1. Mesopotamia (as lying between the Euphrates and the Tigris), a region of Asia [from G3319 and G4215] KJV: Mesopotamia Root(s): G3319, G4215 Compare: H763

Original Word
Μεσοποταμία
Transliteration
Mesopotamia
Derivation
Root: ποταμός R1: 3319 R2: 4215
Morphology
Name Location

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3318. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's G3318 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Mesopotamia, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Mesopotamia Acts 2:9

How Strong's G3318 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 17 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3318 (Μεσοποταμία) appears 21 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3318 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3318 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Acts 2:9 KJV

Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

Acts 7:2 KJV

And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

Strong's G3318 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

17 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 24:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And the servant took ten camels of his master’s camels, and he took of all the goods of his master with him, and he arose and went into Mesopotamia to the city of Nahor.

Genesis 25:20 Septuagint / Brenton

Abraham begot Isaac. And Isaac was forty years old when he took to wife Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Syrian, out of Syrian Mesopotamia, sister of Laban the Syrian.

Genesis 27:43 Septuagint / Brenton

Now then, my son, hear my voice, and rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia to Laban my brother into Haran.

Strong's G3318 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 2:24 Septuagint / Brenton

Then he went over Euphrates, and went through Mesopotamia, and destroyed all the high cities that were upon the river Abron, till ye come to the sea.

Judith 5:7 Septuagint / Brenton

and they sojourned heretofore in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, which were in the land of Chaldea.

Judith 5:8 Septuagint / Brenton

For they left the way of their ancestors, and worshiped the God of heaven, the God whom they knew: so they cast them out from the face of their gods, and they fled into Mesopotamia, and sojourned there many days.

Usage Excerpts

First 23 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3318.

Genesis 24:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the servant took ten camels of his master’s camels, and he took of all the goods of his master with him, and he arose and went into Mesopotamia to the city of Nahor.
Genesis 25:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Abraham begot Isaac. And Isaac was forty years old when he took to wife Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Syrian, out of Syrian Mesopotamia, sister of Laban the Syrian.
Genesis 27:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now then, my son, hear my voice, and rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia to Laban my brother into Haran.
Genesis 28:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia, to the house of Bethuel the father of thy mother, and take to thyself thence a wife of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
Genesis 28:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Isaac sent away Jacob, and he went into Mesopotamia to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Genesis 28:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Esau saw that Isaac blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Mesopotamia of Syria as he blessed him, to take to himself a wife thence, and that he charged him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of the Canaanites;
Genesis 28:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and that Jacob hearkened to his father and his mother, and went to Mesopotamia of Syria.
Genesis 31:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and he took away all his possessions and all his store, which he had gotten in Mesopotamia, and all that belonged to him, to depart to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 33:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob came to Salem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he departed out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and took up a position in front of the city.
Genesis 35:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God appeared to Jacob once more in Luz, when he came out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and God blessed him.
Genesis 35:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Zilpah, the handmaid of Leah; Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria.
Genesis 46:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the sons of Leah, which she bore to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, and Dinah his daughter; all the souls, sons and daughters, thirty-three.
Genesis 48:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And as for me, when I came out of Mesopotamia of Syria, Rachel, thy mother, died in the land of Canaan, as I drew nigh to the horse course of Chabratha of the land of Canaan, so as to come to Ephrath; and I buried her in the road of the course; this is Bethlehem.
Numbers 23:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak king of Moab sent for me out of Mesopotamia, Out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, And Come, call for a curse for me upon Israel.
Deuteronomy 23:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
because they met you not with bread and water by the way, when ye went out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Mesopotamia to curse thee.
1 Chronicles 19:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Ammon saw that the people of David were ashamed, and Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen out of Syria of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria Maacah, and from Zobah.
Psalms 59:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
when he had burned Mesopotamia of Syria, and Syria Zobah, and Joab had returned and smitten in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand.
Acts 2:9 New Testament, KJV
Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
Acts 7:2 New Testament, KJV
And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
Judith 2:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then he went over Euphrates, and went through Mesopotamia, and destroyed all the high cities that were upon the river Abron, till ye come to the sea.
Judith 5:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and they sojourned heretofore in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, which were in the land of Chaldea.
Judith 5:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For they left the way of their ancestors, and worshiped the God of heaven, the God whom they knew: so they cast them out from the face of their gods, and they fled into Mesopotamia, and sojourned there many days.
Judith 8:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Remember what things he did to Abraham, and how he tried Isaac, and what happened to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, when he kept the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3318, grouped by book.

Genesis 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 2 usages, New Testament
Judith 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3318 FAQ

What does mesopotamia (Μεσοποταμία) mean?

Mesopotamia (Strong's G3318) is a Greek word most simply glossed "Mesopotamia". Mesopotamia (mes-op-ot-am-ee'-ah) n/l. 1. Mesopotamia (as lying between the Euphrates and the Tigris), a region of Asia [from G3319 and G4215]

How many times is mesopotamia (Μεσοποταμία) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 23 linked usages for Strong's G3318 across 7 books.

Where can I study mesopotamia (Μεσοποταμία) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3318 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate mesopotamia (Μεσοποταμία)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as mesopotamia. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3318 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 17 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3318, with linked reader references where each row is available.