Dict: easton - Greece

easton:

Greece @ orginally consisted of the four provinces of Macedonia, Epirus, Achaia, and Peleponnesus. In kjv@Acts:20:2 it designates only the Roman province of Macedonia. Greece was conquered by the Romans B.C. 146. After passing through various changes it was erected into an independent monarchy in 1831. Moses makes mention of Greece under the name of Javan kjv@Genesis:10:2-5); and this name does not again occur in the Old Testament till the time of Joel (3:6). Then the Greeks and Hebrews first came into contact in the Tyrian slave-market. Prophetic notice is taken of Greece in kjv@Daniel:8:21. The cities of Greece were the special scenes of the labours of the apostle Paul.