{"def":{"lit":"driven against","short":"Antioch (Antiochia), a place in Syria","long":["Antioch, the capital of Syria and center of the early Christianity","Antioch in Pisidia, a city currently located in Turkey where Paul often visited on his missionary journeys"]},"deriv":"from Ἀντίοχυς (a Syrian king)","pronun":{"ipa":"ɑn.tiˈo.xi.ɑ","ipa_mod":"ɑn.tiˈow.çi.ɑ","sbl":"antiocheia","dic":"an-tee-OH-hee-ah","dic_mod":"an-tee-OH-hee-ah"},"comment":"Antioch in Syria is situated on the borders on the Orontes river, founded by Seleucus Nicanor in 300 BC and named in honor of his father, Antiochus. Many Greek-Jews lived there and it was here that the followers of Christ were first called Christians."}