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Phenice

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(1) (Acts 11:19; 15:3¹⁹Now 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)
³And 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 27:12¹²And 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:

Harbor on the south coast of Crete (Acts 27:12¹²And 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)). Identified with the modern Lutro. The haven is said in the AV to lie “toward the S.W. and N.W.”; this is held to mean that it “looks toward the N.E. and S.E.”

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

palm-land (Acts 27:12)