Cenchrea: meaning of the name
Cenchrea means “millet; small pulse.”
Cenchrea in Scripture
“Cenchrea” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.
- Acts 18:18
And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
- Romans 16:1
I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
- Romans 16:27
To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen. Written to the Romans from Corinthus, and sent by Phebe servant of the church at Cenchrea.