Bible Cities

Corinth in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Famed for its commerce, chiefly due to its situation between the Ionian and AEgean seas, on the isthmus connecting the Peloponnese with Greece. In Paul's time it was capital of Achaia, and seat of the Roman proconsul (Acts 18:12). Its people had the Greek love of philosophical subtleties. The immorality was notorious even in the pagan world; s...

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Crete Scripture - Acts 27:7

And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;...

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Cyprus Scripture - Acts 27:4

And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary....

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Cyrene Scripture - Acts 2:10

Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,...

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Damascus in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a sack full of blood; the similitude of burning...

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Damascus Scripture - Acts 22:10

And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do....

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Dan in Hitchcock's Bible Names

judgment; he that judges...

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Corinth in Hitchcock's Bible Names

which is satisfied; ornament; beauty...

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Crete in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

kret (Krete, ethnic Kretes, Acts 2:11; Tit 1:12): An island bounding the Aegean Sea on the South. It stretches from 34 degrees 50' to 35 degrees 40' North latitude and from 23 degrees 30' to 26 degrees 20' East long. With Cythera on the North and Carpathos and Rhodos on the Northeast, it forms a continuous bridge between Greece and Asia Minor....

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