Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion Of space; restricted to one place or region; as, a local custom. 2. (n.) A train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line of the road; a train for the accommodation of a certain district. 3. (n.) On newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place where the paper is published.

Multi-Version Concordance Local (5 Occurrences) Matthew 10:17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you. (See NIV) Mark 13:9 But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them. (See NIV) Luke 19:2 There was a man there called Zacchaeus, who was the local surveyor of taxes, and was wealthy. (WEY) Acts 21:12 When we heard these things, both we and they of that place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem. (See NAS) Acts 28:17 It happened that after three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, "I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans, (See RSV)