Bible Names

Samothracia: meaning of the name

Samothracia means “an island possessed by the Samians and Thracians.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Samothracia in Hebrew and Greek

Σαμοθρᾴκη G4543

Samothráikē — Samo-thrace (Samos of Thrace), an island in the Mediterranean

from G4544 (Σάμος) and (Thrace);

Samothracia in Scripture

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

  • Acts 16:11

    Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;