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–noun

1.	an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities.

2.	a port in the NE Peloponnesus, in S Greece: NE of the site of ancient Corinth.

3.	Gulf of. Also called Gulf of Lepanto. an arm of the Ionian Sea, N of the Peloponnesus.

4.	Isthmus of, an isthmus at the head of the Gulf of Corinth, connecting the Peloponnesus with central Greece: traversed by a ship canal.

5.	a city in NE Mississippi. 13,839.

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A city of southern Greece in the northeast Peloponnesus on the Gulf of Corinth. It is near the site of the ancient city of Corinth, which was founded in Homeric times and was a rich, influential maritime power in the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. Population: 29,700.

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Corinth, Gulf of Formerly Gulf of Le·pan·to Audio Help (lĭ-pān'tō, lě'pän-tô) Pronunciation Key
An inlet of the Ionian Sea between the Peloponnesus and central Greece.

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Corinth, Isthmus of
A narrow isthmus connecting central Greece with the Peloponnesus. It lies between the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Sea and is crossed by the Corinth Canal, constructed from 1881 to 1893.

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corinth
noun
the modern Greek port near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens

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Corinth, WV Zip code(s): 26713

Corinth, KY (city, FIPS 17434) Location: 38.49591 N, 84.56407 W
Population (1990): 137 (88 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 41010

Corinth, VT Zip code(s): 05039

Corinth, NY (village, FIPS 18212) Location: 43.24548 N, 73.83066 W
Population (1990): 2760 (1139 housing units)
Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 12822

Corinth, AR (town, FIPS 15310) Location: 35.06824 N, 93.42054 W
Population (1990): 63 (23 housing units)
Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)

Corinth, TX (town, FIPS 16696) Location: 33.14379 N, 97.06471 W
Population (1990): 3944 (1385 housing units)
Area: 20.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Corinth, MS (city, FIPS 15700) Location: 34.93768 N, 88.51684 W
Population (1990): 11820 (5732 housing units)
Area: 36.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Corinth, GA (town, FIPS 19672) Location: 33.23033 N, 84.94401 W
Population (1990): 136 (67 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

East Corinth, ME Zip code(s): 04427

East Corinth, VT Zip code(s): 05040

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Corinth

Cor"inth\ (k?r"?nth), n. [L. Corinthus, Gr. ????. Cf. Currant.]

1. A city of Greece, famed for its luxury and extravagance.

2. A small fruit; a currant. [Obs.] --Broome.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Corinth

a Grecian city, on the isthmus which joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. It is about 48 miles west of Athens. The ancient city was destroyed by the Romans (B.C. 146), and that mentioned in the New Testament was quite a new city, having been rebuilt about a century afterwards and peopled by a colony of freedmen from Rome. It became under the Romans the seat of government for Southern Greece or Achaia (Acts 18:12-16). It was noted for its wealth, and for the luxurious and immoral and vicious habits of the people. It had a large mixed population of Romans, Greeks, and Jews. When Paul first visited the city (A.D. 51 or 52), Gallio, the brother of Seneca, was proconsul. Here Paul resided for eighteen months (18:1-18). Here he first became aquainted with Aquila and Priscilla, and soon after his departure Apollos came to it from Ephesus. After an interval he visited it a second time, and remained for three months (20:3). During this second visit his Epistle to the Romans was written (probably A.D. 55). Although there were many Jewish converts at Corinth, yet the Gentile element prevailed in the church there. Some have argued from 2 Cor. 12:14; 13:1, that Paul visited Corinth a third time (i.e., that on some unrecorded occasion he visited the city between what are usually called the first and second visits). But the passages referred to only indicate Paul's intention to visit Corinth (comp. 1 Cor. 16:5, where the Greek present tense denotes an intention), an intention which was in some way frustrated. We can hardly suppose that such a visit could have been made by the apostle without more distinct reference to it.

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