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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(1) (
Acts 11:19; 15:3
19
Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. (Acts 11:19)
3
And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. (Acts 15:3)
). [PHOENICIA.] (2) Phoenix in R. V. A seaport of
Crete
(
Acts 27:12
12
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west. (Acts 27:12)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The same as PHOENICE, the
coast
of Northern
Syria
, extending
south
of
Tyre
, and
north
of
Sidon
, being a narrow strip of land in the south, but reaching to the
Lebanon
range in the N.E. The Phoenicians carried on great commercial enterprises; they established colonies (one of which was at Carthage), and their
ships
brought in the produce of foreign lands, with which they supplied the
East
. They became subject successively to the
Babylonians
, the
Persians
, the Greeks, and the Romans. Phoenice now forms a part of the Turkish Empire (
Acts 11:19
19
Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. (Acts 11:19)
;
Acts 15:3
3
And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. (Acts 15:3)
;
Acts 21:2
2
And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth. (Acts 21:2)
).
The language of the ancient Phoenicians may be said to be only a different dialect from the
Hebrew
, as shown by ancient inscriptions; and according to Herodotus, the Phoenicians taught the Greeks “letters.”
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Number:
5403
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Greek:
Φοινίκη
Transliteration:
Phoinike
Phonic:
foy-nee’-kay
Meaning:
from
5404
; palm-country; Phoenice (or Phoenicia), a region of Palestine
KJV Usage:
Phenice, Phenicia
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
palm-land (Acts 27:12)
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
The palm-tree; date-land; palm-land:―a region of Palestine [PHENICE], Acts 21:2. {Palma}
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