Iconium
i-ko'-ni-um (Ikonion, also Eikonion, on inscriptions):
Iconium was visited by Paul on his first and on his second
missionary journey (Acts 13:51 ff; 16:2 ff), and
if the "South Galatian theory" be correct, probably also on
his third journey. His sufferings there are referred to in 2
Tim 3:11.
1. Topographical Position:
The topographical positio...
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(A city of Asia Minor)
-Paul preaches in
Ac 13:51; 14:21,22; 16:2
-Paul is persecuted by the people of
Ac 14:1-6; 2Ti 3:11...
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the capital of ancient Lycaonia. It was first visited by Paul
and Barnabas from Antioch-in-Pisidia during the
apostle's first
missionary journey (Acts 13:50, 51). Here they were
persecuted
by the Jews, and being driven from the city, they fled
to
Lystra. They afterwards returned to Iconium, and
encouraged the
church which had been founded ...
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Now Konieh, N. of mount Taurus, in the central table land of
Asia Minor, Lycaonia. On the route between western Asia and
Ephesus on one side, and Tarsus, Antioch, and Euphrates on
the other. An admirable center for missionary labours, as
several great roads intersected one another here. Paul with
Barnabas first visited it from Antioch in Pisid...
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And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together
into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great
multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed....
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Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at
Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of
[them] all the Lord delivered me....
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And there came thither [certain] Jews from Antioch and
Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul,
drew [him] out of the city, supposing he had been dead....
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And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had
taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and [to] Iconium,
and Antioch,...
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