Bible Names

Areopagus: meaning of the name

Areopagus means “the hill of Mars.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Areopagus in Hebrew and Greek

Ἄρειος Πάγος G697

Áreios Págos — rock of Ares, a place in Athens

from (the name of the Greek deity of war) and a derivative of G4078 (πήγνυμι);

Places named Areopagus

Areopagus in Scripture

“Areopagus” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • Acts 17:19

    And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?