Cenchrea
sen'-kre-e (Kegchreai, Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in
Greek Kenchreai; the King James Version incorrectly Cenchrea):
A seaport of Corinth on the eastern side of the isthmus (see
CORINTH). Here according to Acts 18:18, Paul had his hair
shorn before sailing for Syria, since he had a vow. A local
church must have been established there ...
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A city of Corinth Ac 18:18; Ro 16:1...
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(accurately Cenchre'ae) (millet), the eastern harbor of
Corinth (i.e. its harbor on the Saronic Gulf) and the emporium
of its trade with the Asiatic shores of the Mediterranean, as
Lechaeum on the Crointhian Gulf connected it with Italy and
the west. St. Paul sailed from Cenchrae, Ac 18:18 on his
return to Syria from his second missionary jour...
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millet, the eastern harbour of Corinth, from which it was
distant about 9 miles east, and the outlet for its
trade with
the Asiatic shores of the Mediterranean. When Paul
returned from
his second missionary journey to Syria, he sailed from
this port
(Acts 18:18). In Rom. 16:1 he speaks as if there were
at the
time of his writing that epist...
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Cenchrea or Cenchreae. Now Kikries; from Greek Kenchri, "the
millet," a grain abounding there. The harbor of Corinth on the
Saronic gulf, and its channel of trade with Asia Minor, as
Lechaeum, on the Corinthian gulf, was with Italy and the W.
Corinth was joined by walls to Lechaeum; so that the pass
between Corinth and Cenchrea (nine miles apa...
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And Paul [after this] tarried [there] yet a good while, and
then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into
Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn [his]
head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow....
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To God only wise, [be] glory through Jesus Christ for ever.
Amen. <[Written to the Romans from Corinthus, [and sent] by
Phebe servant of the church at Cenchrea.]>...
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I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the
church which is at Cenchrea:...
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