How to Pronounce Iconium
ai-KO-nih-uhm
Iconium is pronounced ai-KO-nih-uhm (aɪˈkəʊniəm): four syllables, stress on the second. Also heard: Eye-KO-nee-um, eye-KOH-nee-uhm.
What does Iconium mean?
Iconium means “coming”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Iconium?
Iconium was a city where Paul and Barnabas preached in the synagogue and many Jews and Greeks believed (Acts 14:1). It was also a place of severe opposition: Jews from Antioch and Iconium turned the crowd against Paul and stoned him (Acts 14:19), and Paul later recalled the persecutions he endured there (2 Timothy 3:11).
Also pronounced
Eye-KO-nee-um
eye-KOH-nee-uhm
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