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Patara

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(trodden). City on southwest coast of Lycia (Acts 21:1-2¹And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: ²And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth. (Acts 21:1‑2)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

City on the coast of Lycia in Asia Minor (Acts 21:1¹And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: (Acts 21:1)). The same name is still retained, but the ruins are being covered and the harbor blocked up with sand.

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Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

3959 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

Πάταρα

Transliteration:

Patara

Phonic:

pat’-ar-ah

Meaning:

probably of foreign origin; Patara, a place in Asia Minor

KJV Usage:

Patara

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

suffering it seems (?): scattering cursing

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Interpretation; oracle; trodden:―a place in Asia Minor, Acts 21:1. {Interpretatio; oraculum}