| Word | American Tract Society - Definition |
| ITALY | Not mentioned in the Old Testament, unless under general terms, as Chittim, Isles of the sea. In the New Testament, Ac 18:2 27:1,6 Heb 13:24, it is chiefly of interest on account of ROME, ROMANS, which see. The Italian band, mentioned in Ac 10:1, was probably a Roman cohort from Italy, stationed at Cesarea; so called to distinguish it from the other troops, which were drawn from Syria and the adjacent regions. |