Bible Names

Seleucia: meaning of the name

Seleucia means “shaken or beaten by the waves.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Seleucia in Hebrew and Greek

Σελεύκεια G4581

Seleúkeia — Seleuceia, a place in Syria

from (Seleucus, a Syrian king);

Places named Seleucia

Seleucia in Scripture

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

  • Acts 13:4

    So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.