Bible Names

Chios: meaning of the name

Chios means “open; opening.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Chios in Hebrew and Greek

Χίος G5508

Chíos — Chios, an island in the Mediterranean

of uncertain derivation;

Places named Chios

Chios in Scripture

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

  • Acts 20:15

    And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.