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Alexandria in Naves Topical Bible

A city of Egypt Ac 6:9. Ships of Ac 27:6; 28:11. Apollos born in Ac 18:24....

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Alexandria in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(from Alexander), 3 Ma 3:1; Ac 18:24; 6:9 the Hellenic, Roman and Christian capital of Egypt. Situation.-- (Alexandria was situated on the Mediterranean Sea directly opposite the island of Pharos, 12 miles west of the Canopic branch of the Nile and 120 miles from the present city of Cairo.) It was founded by Alexander the Great, B.C. 332, who ...

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Alexandria in Easton's Bible Dictionary

the ancient metropolis of Lower Egypt, so called from its founder, Alexander the Great (about B.C. 333). It was for a long period the greatest of existing cities, for both Nineveh and Babylon had been destroyed, and Rome had not yet risen to greatness. It was the residence of the kings of Egypt for 200 years. It is not mentioned in the Old Test...

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Alexandria in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Founded by Alexander the Great, 332 B.C., successively the Greek, Roman, and Christian capital of Lower Egypt. Its harbors, formed by the island Pharos and the headland Lochias, were suitable alike for commerce and war. It was a chief grain port of Rome, and the grain vessels were large and handsome; usually sailing direct to Puteoli, but from ...

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Alexandria Scripture - Acts 28:11

And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux....

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Alexandria Scripture - Acts 18:24

And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, [and] mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus....

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Alexandria Scripture - Acts 27:6

And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein....

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Ammon Scripture - 1 Chronicles 19:3

But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?...

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Alexandria in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

al-eg-zan'-dri-a (he Alexandreia). 1. History: In 331 BC, Alexander the Great, on his way to visit the Oracle of Amon seeking divine honors, stopped at the West extremity of the Delta at the isle of Pharos the landing- place of Odysseus (Od. iv.35) His keen eye noted the strategic possibilities of the site occupied by the little Egyptian villag...

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