Corinth : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Corinth	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Corinth n the modern Greek port near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens Synonym(s): Corinth, Korinthos
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Corinth \Cor"inth\ (k?r"?nth), n. [L. Corinthus, Gr. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Currant}.] 1. A city of Greece, famed for its luxury and extravagance. 2. A small fruit; a currant. [Obs.] --Broome.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Corinth, AR (town, FIPS 15310) Location: 35.06824 N, 93.42054 W Population (1990): 63 (23 housing units) Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Corinth, GA (town, FIPS 19672) Location: 33.23033 N, 84.94401 W Population (1990): 136 (67 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Corinth, KY (city, FIPS 17434) Location: 38.49591 N, 84.56407 W Population (1990): 137 (88 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 41010 Corinth, MS (city, FIPS 15700) Location: 34.93768 N, 88.51684 W Population (1990): 11820 (5732 housing units) Area: 36.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Corinth, NY (village, FIPS 18212) Location: 43.24548 N, 73.83066 W Population (1990): 2760 (1139 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12822 Corinth, TX (town, FIPS 16696) Location: 33.14379 N, 97.06471 W Population (1990): 3944 (1385 housing units) Area: 20.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Corinth, VT Zip code(s): 05039 Corinth, WV Zip code(s): 26713
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Corinth a Grecian city, on the isthmus which joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. It is about 48 miles west of Athens. The ancient city was destroyed by the Romans (B.C. 146), and that mentioned in the New Testament was quite a new city, having been rebuilt about a century afterwards and peopled by a colony of freedmen from Rome. It became under the Romans the seat of government for Southern Greece or Achaia (Acts 18:12-16). It was noted for its wealth, and for the luxurious and immoral and vicious habits of the people. It had a large mixed population of Romans, Greeks, and Jews. When Paul first visited the city (A.D. 51 or 52), Gallio, the brother of Seneca, was proconsul. Here Paul resided for eighteen months (18:1-18). Here he first became aquainted with Aquila and Priscilla, and soon after his departure Apollos came to it from Ephesus. After an interval he visited it a second time, and remained for three months (20:3). During this second visit his Epistle to the Romans was written (probably A.D. 55). Although there were many Jewish converts at Corinth, yet the Gentile element prevailed in the church there. Some have argued from 2 Cor. 12:14; 13:1, that Paul visited Corinth a third time (i.e., that on some unrecorded occasion he visited the city between what are usually called the first and second visits). But the passages referred to only indicate Paul's intention to visit Corinth (comp. 1 Cor. 16:5, where the Greek present tense denotes an intention), an intention which was in some way frustrated. We can hardly suppose that such a visit could have been made by the apostle without more distinct reference to it.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Corinth, which is satisfied; ornament; beauty