Alexandria
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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A city of Egypt Ac 6:9. Ships of Ac 27:6; 28:11. Apollos born
in Ac 18:24....
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(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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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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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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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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And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an
eloquent man, [and] mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus....
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And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing
into Italy; and he put us therein....
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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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