Acts 18:2–3: "There he became acquainted with a Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently arrived from Italy with his wife, Priscilla. They had left Italy when Claudius Caesar deported all Jews from Rome. Paul lived and worked with them, for they were tentmakers just as he was."
The name Aquila is a girl's name meaning "eagle".
Priscilla is an English female given name adopted from Latin Prisca, derived from priscus. One suggestion is that it is intended to bestow long life on the bearer. The name first appears in the New Testament of Christianity variously as Priscilla and Prisca, a female leader in early Christianity.
Find another word for eagle. In this page you can discover 25 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for eagle, like: hawk, Aquila (Latin), falcon, griffin, raptor, aerie, erne, bird-of-jove, eaglet, aquiline and eaglet (young eagle).
noun, genitive A·quil·ae [uh-kwil-ee, ak-wuh-lee]. the Eagle, a northern constellation south of Cygnus, containing the bright star Altair.
Aquila mythIn Greek mythology, Aquila is identified as the eagle that carried Zeus' thunderbolts and was once dispatched by the god to carry Ganymede, the young Trojan boy Zeus desired, to Olympus to be the cup bearer of the gods. Ganymede is represented by the neighbouring constellation Aquarius.
Aquila constellation, the Eagle, is a northern constellation north sitting above constellation Sagittarius, between constellation Ophiuchus and constellation Delphinus.
Aquila spans 20 degrees of the
Zodiac in the
Signs of Capricorn and Aquarius, and contains 11 named fixed stars.
Aquila Constellation Stars.
| 2000 | 11 ♒ 42 |
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| B | 71 |
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| Mag. | 4.31 |
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| Orb | 1°00′ |
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How far is Altair from Earth?
The constellation Aquila, the eagle, is visible in the northern hemisphere from July through October. It can be seen between latitudes 90 degrees and -75 degrees. It is a mid-sized constellation, spanning 652 square degrees of the sky.
Some north circumpolar constellations include Ursa Major and Ursa Minor (the big and little dipper) and Cassiopeia. In the southern hemisphere, the star Eta Carina and the constellation Carina are circumpolar for the south pole. The stars are Deneb (Cygnus), Altair (Aquila), and Vega (Lyra).
The name “Altaïr” is a word in the Arabian language, meaning “The Flyer”/”The Flying One”. Altair is also half Latin in origin. Translation in a different way, Altair can mean "Bird" or "Soar". Personal experiences with the name Altair Nicknames for Altair.
Locating AltairThe Summer Triangle is an easy-to-spot asterism in the northern summer sky. The trio of stars — Altair, Vega and Deneb — are among the brightest in the night sky. Altair's position is: Right ascension: 19h 50m 47.0s.
