In the column ‘Modern Identification,’ those marked with a single ? are
doubtful; those with double ?? are very doubtful; those marked with a star
are due to the Survey. In the column of Remarks the letters ‘Mem. II.
387; Sh. IV.’ refer to the _Memoirs of the Survey of Palestine_, with the
Volume, Page, and Sheet of the _Great Map_. The letters Q. S., _Quarterly
Statement_; O. T. S., _Old Testament Sites_; Grove’s B. I., _Bible Index_;
Smith’s D. of B., _Dictionary of the Bible_; Jer. Vol., _Jerusalem Volume_.
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New Testament | References | Modern | No. of |Remarks, References,
Name. |(New Testament| Identifi- \Sheet on/ and
|and Josephus).| cation. \ ⅜-in./ No. of Sheet on
| | |Map./ Large Map.
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=ABILENE= |Luke iii. 1; | | 3 |A district of which
| 19 Ant. v. | | | the capital was Abila
| 1; 20 Ant. | | | in the Anti-Lebanon.
| vii. 1; 2 | | | (Smith’s _D. of B._;
| Wars xii. 8 | | | _Special Papers_, 112.)
| | | |
=ACELDAMA= |Acts i. 19 |_Hakk ed Dumm_|14 |The traditional site
(R.V. | | | | since the 4th century
=AKELDAMA=) | | | | has been shown at
| | | | Hakk ed Dumm, south
| | | | of Zion. (_Jer._ Vol.
| | | | 380; Smith’s _D. of
| | | | B._; _Q. S._ 271,
| | | | 1881.)
| | | |
=ACHAIA= (In |Acts xviii. |_Greece_ |-- |A Roman province,
Rom. xvi. | 12; xix. 21; | | | including the
5, the true | Rom. xv. 26; | | | Peloponnesus and
reading is | xvi. 5; 1 | | | greater part of Hellas
Asia, as in | Cor. xvi. | | | proper. (Smith’s _D.
R.V.) | 15; 2 Cor. | | | of B._)
| ii. 1; ix. | | |
| 2; xi. 10; 1 | | |
| Thess. i. 7, | | |
| 8; 3 Wars i. | | |
| 3 | | |
| | | |
=ÆNON= |John iii. 23 |The springs |10 |The springs in Wâdy
| | in W. | | Fârʾah, between the
| | _Fârʾah_.* | | villages of ʾAinûn
| | The springs | | and Salim, proposed
| | near _Umm el | | by Captain Conder.
| | ʾAmdân_ (?) | | (Conder’s _Handbook to
| | | | the Bible_, 320.) Also
| | | | the springs near Umm
| | | | el ʾAmdân, 7½ miles
| | | | below Beisân, by Col.
| | | | Sir Charles Wilson.
| | | | (_Mem._ II. 234; Sh.
| | | | XII.; _Q. S._ 141,
| | | | 1874; 32, 1875.)
| | | |
=AMPHIPOLIS= |Acts xvii. 1 |_Jeni Keui_ |-- |Three miles from the
| | | | sea, on the river
| | | | Strymon in Macedonia.
| | | |
=ANTIOCH= |Acts vi. 5; |_ʾAntâkia_ |-- |Capital of Northern
| xi. 19-27; | | | Syria; site of first
| xiii. 1; | | | Christian Church.
| xiv. 26 | | |
| | | |
=ANTIOCH= of |Acts xiii. |_Yalovatch_ |-- |The ruins at Yalovatch.
Pisidia | 14; xiv. 19, | | | (Smith’s _D. of B._)
| 21; 2 Tim. | | |
| iii. 11 | | |
| | | |
=ANTIPATRIS= |Acts xxiii. |_Kŭlʾat Râs | 9 |The distances given in
| 31; 13 Ant. | el ʾAin_ | | various Itineraries
| xv. 1; 16 | | | fix this site at the
| Ant. v. 2; | | | large ruin of Râs el
| 1 Wars iv. | | | ʾAin. (_Mem._ II.
| 7; xxi. 9; | | | 258-262; Sh. XIII.;
| 2 Wars xix. | | | Conder’s _Handbook to
| 1, 9; 4 Wars | | | the Bible_, 307; _Q.
| viii. 1 | | | S._ 184, 1874; 32,
| | | | 1875; 47, 1881.)
| | | |
=APOLLONIA= |Acts xvii. 1 |_Pollina_ |-- |In Macedonia, 30 Roman
| | | | miles from Amphipolis.
| | | |
=APPII FORUM= |Acts xxviii. | |-- |The ruins near Treponti
(R.V. =MARKET | 15 | | | on the Appian Way.
OF APPIUS=) | | | |
| | | |
=AREOPAGUS=, or |Acts xvii. | |-- |A rocky hill at Athens.
Mars Hill | 19, 22 | | |
| | | |
=ARIMATHEA= |Matt. xxvii. |_Not |-- |The town of Joseph.
| 57; Mark xv. | identified_ | | (_Q. S._ 20, 1878.)
| 43; Luke | | |
| xxiii. 51; | | |
| John xix. 38 | | |
| | | |
=ARMAGEDDON= |Rev. xvi. 16 |_Not |10 |The hill near Lejjûn,
(R.V. | | identified_ | | overlooking Esdraelon
=HARMAGEDON=) | | | | (Smith’s _D. of B._)
| | | | The hill overlooking
| | | | Kh. el Mujeddʾa on the
| | | | west, is suggested in
| | | | Conder’s _Primer of
| | | | Bible Geography_, 127.
| | | |
=ASIA= |Acts ii. 9; | |-- |‘Not “Asia,” nor “Asia
| vi. 9; xvi. | | | Minor”; but a Roman
| 6; xix. | | | province, of which
| 10-31; xx. | | | Ephesus was capital.’
| 4, 16, 18; | | | (Grove’s _B. I._)
| xxi. 27; | | |
| xxiv. 18; | | |
| xxvii. 2; 1 | | |
| Cor. xvi. | | |
| 19; 2 Cor. | | |
| i. 8; 2 Tim. | | |
| i. 15; 1 | | |
| Peter i. 1; | | |
| Rev. i. 4, 11| | |
| | | |
=ASSOS= |Acts xx. 13, |_Behram Keui_ |-- |A seaport town in Mysia.
| 14 | | |
| | | |
=ATHENS= |Acts xvii. |_Athens_ |-- |The capital of Greece.
| 15, 16, 22; | | |
| xviii. 1; 1 | | |
| Thess. iii. | | |
| 1; 14 Ant. | | |
| viii. 5; xv. | | |
| 5; 1 Wars | | |
| xvi. 4 | | |
| | | |
=ATTALIA= |Acts xiv. 25 |_Adal_ |-- |A coast town in Asia
| | | | Minor. (Smith’s _D. of
| | | | B._)
| | | |
=AZOTUS= |Acts viii. |_Esdûd_ |13 |The Greek form of
| 40; 5 Ant. | | | Ashdod. See _O. T. S._;
| i. 22; 4 | | | _Q. S._ 89, 1871;
| Wars iii. 2 | | | 157, 1875.
| | | |
=BABYLON= |Matt. i. 11, | |-- |See _O. T. S._
| 12, 17; Acts | | |
| vii. 43; 1 | | |
| Peter v. | | |
| 13; Rev. | | |
| xiv. 8; xvi. | | |
| 19; xvii. | | |
| 5; xviii. | | |
| 2, 21. | | |
| Frequently | | |
| mentioned in | | |
| Josephus | | |
| | | |
=BEREA= |Acts xvii. |_Verria_ |-- |Verria, in Roumelia.
| 10, 13 | | |
| | | |
=BETHABARA= |John i. 28 |_Makht. |10 |Captain Conder suggests
(R.V. | | ʾAbârah_ | | Makht. ʾAbârah, a
=BETHANY=) | | (?)* or the | | ford in the Jordan,
| | traditional | | at the point where
| | site near | | the road crosses
| | Jericho | | over to Decapolis,
| | | | a little north of
| | | | Beth-shan. Sir Charles
| | | | Wilson thinks the
| | | | traditional site near
| | | | Jericho likely to be
| | | | correct. (See _Mem._
| | | | II. 89; Sh. IX.;
| | | | Conder’s _Handbook
| | | | to the Bible_, 320,
| | | | and _Primer of Bible
| | | | Geography_, 149;
| | | | _Q. S._ 1875, 1877,
| | | | 1878, 1881; _Special
| | | | Papers_, p. 131.)
| | | |
=BETHANY= |Matt. xxi. |_el ʾAzerîyeh_|14 |A village on the
| 17; xxvi. 6; | | | eastern slope of the
| Mark xi. 1, | | | Mount of Olives. The
| 11, 12; xiv. | | | modern name is el
| 3; Luke xix. | | | ʾAzerîyeh. (_Mem._
| 29; xxiv. | | | III. 27; Sh. XVII.;
| 50; John xi. | | | _Q. S._ 173, 1874.)
| 1, 18; xii. 1| | |
| | | |
=BETHESDA=, |John v. 2 |_Not |14 |‘By the sheep gate a
The Pool (R.V. | | identified_ | | pool, having five
=BETHSAIDA=, or| | | | porches.’ According
=BETHZATHA= | | | | to tradition of early
Margin) | | | | part of 4th century
| | | | it was north of the
| | | | Temple. Captain
| | | | Conder proposes
| | | | the spring in the
| | | | Kidron valley, called
| | | | Gihon and En-rogel.
| | | | (_Handbook to the
| | | | Bible_, 334; _Primer
| | | | of Bible Geography_,
| | | | 157; _Q. S._ 1869,
| | | | 1872; _Recovery of
| | | | Jerusalem_.)
| | | |
=BETHLEHEM= |Matt. ii. 1, |_Beit Lahm_ |14 |The present village
| 5, 6, 8, 16; | | | Beit Lahm, south of
| Luke ii. 4, | | | Jerusalem. See _O. T.
| 15; John | | | S._; _Q. S._ 1874,
| vii. 42; 5 | | | 1881.
| Ant. vii. | | |
| 13; ix. 1, | | |
| 2; 6 Ant. | | |
| viii. 1, 2; | | |
| xi. 7; 7 | | |
| Ant. 1, 3; | | |
| xii. 4; 8 | | |
| Ant. ii. 3; | | |
| x. 1 | | |
| | | |
=BETHPHAGE= |Matt. xxi. 1; |_Kefr et Tôr_ |14 |According to the
| Mark xi. 1; | (??) | | Jerusalem Talmud
| Luke xix. 29 | | | (Menakhoth, 11-2)
| | | | Bethphage marked the
| | | | Sabbatical limit East
| | | | of Jerusalem; this
| | | | limit was called the
| | | | Wall of Bethphage.
| | | | ‘Kefr et Tôr,’ on
| | | | the Mount of Olives,
| | | | is about 2000 cubits
| | | | from the east wall
| | | | of Jerusalem, and is
| | | | possibly Bethphage.
| | | | (_Q. S._ 1874, 1878;
| | | | Conder’s _Handbook_,
| | | | 326, and _Primer_,
| | | | 156.)
| | | |
=BETHSAIDA= |Matt. xi. 21; |_et Tabghah_ | 6 |The exact site of this
| Mark vi. 45; | (?) _el | | place has not been
| viii. 22; | Mesadîyeh_ | | discovered. Four
| Luke x. 13; | (?) | | ruined sites have
| ix. 10; John | _et Tell_ (?)| | been proposed, three
| i. 44; xii. | _ed Dikkeh_ | | east, one west of
| 21 | (?) | | Jordan. For various
| | | | remarks as to whether
| | | | there were one or two
| | | | Bethsaidas, _see_
| | | | Conder’s _Handbook_,
| | | | 322; and _Primer_,
| | | | 153; _Recovery of
| | | | Jerusalem_, _Art. Sea
| | | | of Galilee_; _Q. S._
| | | | 1877, 1879, 1881.
| | | |
=BITHYNIA= |Acts xvi. 7; | |-- |A Roman province at
| 1 Peter i. | | | north-west corner of
| 1; 14 Ant. | | | Asia Minor.
| xii. 2; 1 | | |
| Wars xii. 4; | | |
| 2 Wars xvi. | | |
| 4; 6 Wars i. | | |
| 8 | | |
| | | |
=CÆSAREA= |Acts viii. |_Kaisârieh_ | 9 |The extensive ruined
| 40; ix. 30; | | | town now called
| x. 1, 24; | | | Kaisârieh on the
| xi. 11; xii. | | | coast north of Jaffa.
| 19; xviii. | | | (_Mem._ II. 13; Sh.
| 22; xxi. 8, | | | VII.; _Q. S._ 1873,
| 16; xxiii. | | | 1874; 147, 1884.)
| 23, 33; xxv. | | | Referred to by
| 1-4, 6, 13. | | | Josephus as originally
| Frequently | | | called Strato’s Tower.
| mentioned | | |
| in Josephus | | |
| as Cesarea, | | |
| Sebaste and | | |
| Strato’s | | |
| Tower | | |
| | | |
=CÆSAREA |Matt. xvi. |_Banias_ | 7 |The present village
PHILIPPI= | 13; Mark | | | Banias, at the Jordan
| viii. 27. | | | Springs. (_Q. S._ 171,
| Jos. Life, | | | 1877; 1878. _Recovery
| 13; 18 Ant. | | | of Jerusalem_, _Mem._
| ii. 1; 20 | | | I.; Sh. II.)
| Ant. ix. 4; | | |
| 2 Wars ix. | | |
| 1; 3 Wars | | |
| ix. 7; 7 | | |
| Wars ii. 1; | | |
| iii. 1 | | |
| | | |
=CALVARY= (R.V. |Luke xxiii. 33| |-- |_See_ Golgotha.
The Skull) | | | |
| | | |
=CANA OF |John ii. 1, |_Kefr Kenna_ | 6 |Early Christian
GALILEE= | 11; iv. 46; | (?) | | tradition places it
| xxi. 2; Jos. |_Kh. Kanah_ | | at Kefr Kenna, on the
| Life, 16, | (?) | | road from Nazareth
| 71; 13 Ant. | | | to Tiberias. The
| xv. 1; 15 | | | Crusaders, supposed
| Ant. v. 1; 1 | | | Kh. Kanah, further
| Wars iv. 7; | | | north, to be the
| xvii. 5 | | | true site. General
| | | | opinion seems to be in
| | | | favour of Kefr Kenna.
| | | | (Conder’s _Primer_,
| | | | 150; _Mem._ I. 287;
| | | | Sh. V.; 367, Sh. VI;
| | | | _Q. S._ 67, 1878; 143,
| | | | 1883.)
| | | |
=CANAAN= and |Matt. xv. 22; | | |Canaanite, Matt. x. 4
=CHANAAN= | Acts vii. 11;| | | (of Luke vi. 15; Acts
| xiii. 19. | | | i. 13) is a different
| Frequently | | | word, meaning
| mentioned in | | | ‘Zealot.’ _See_ R.V.
| Josephus | | |
| | | |
=CAPERNAUM= |Matt. iv. 13; |_Tell Hum_, | 6 |Either ‘Tell Hum’ or
| viii. 5; xi. | or _Kh. | | ‘Kh. Minieh.’ The
| 23; xvii. | Minieh_ | | former is suggested
| 24; Mark i. | | | by Sir Charles
| 21; ii. 1; | | | Wilson (_Recovery of
| ix. 33; Luke | | | Jerusalem_, 371-380).
| iv. 23, 31; | | | The latter by Captain
| vii. 1; x. | | | Conder. In Josephus’
| 15; John ii. | | | _Capharnaum_, 3 _Wars_
| 12; iv. 46; | | | 1, 8; _Capharnome_
| vi. 17, 24, | | | or _Capernaum Life_,
| 59; Jos. | | | sect. 72. For the
| Life, 72; 3 | | | various theories,
| Wars x. 8 | | | see _Recovery of
| | | | Jerusalem_; _Mem._
| | | | I. 369-417; Sh. VI.;
| | | | _Tent Work_ (Conder),
| | | | 182-190; _Q. S._
| | | | 1877, 1885; _Rob
| | | | Roy on the Jordan_
| | | | (Macgregor), chap.
| | | | 21; _Land of Israel_
| | | | (Tristram), 428-434;
| | | | _Biblical Researches_
| | | | (Robinson), 348-360;
| | | | _Sinai & Palestine_
| | | | (Stanley); _Land and
| | | | the Book_ (Thomson),
| | | | 352-356.
| | | |
=CAPPADOCIA= |Acts ii. 9; | |-- |A district in the east
| 1 Peter i. | | | of Asia Minor.
| 1; 13 Ant. | | |
| x. 4; 14 | | |
| Ant. vi. | | |
| 4; 16 Ant. | | |
| ii. 2; x. | | |
| 6; 17 Ant. | | |
| xiii. 4; 1 | | |
| Wars xxv. | | |
| 1; xxvi. 4; | | |
| xxviii. 1; 2 | | |
| Wars xvi. 4; | | |
| 4 Wars xi. | | |
| 1; 7 Wars i. | | |
| 3 | | |
| | | |
=CEDRON=, The |John xviii. |_Wâdy en Nâr_ |14 |The Kidron Valley. See
Brook | 1; 8 Ant. i. | | | _O. T. S._; _Q. S._
| 5; 9 Ant. | | | 1869, 1870.
| vii. 3; 5 | | |
| Wars ii. 3; | | |
| iv. 2; vi. | | |
| 1; vii. 3; | | |
| xii. 2; 6 | | |
| Wars iii. 2 | | |
| | | |
=CENCHREA= |Acts xviii. |_Kikries_ |-- |The modern village of
(R.V. | 18; Rom. | | | Kikries, 9 miles from
=CENCHREÆ=) | xvi. 1 | | | Corinth.
| | | |
=CHARRAN= (R.V. |Acts vii. 2, 4|_Harrân_ |-- |For Haran, see _O. T.
=HARAN=) | | | | S._
| | | |
=CHIOS= |Acts xx. 15 |_Scio_ |-- |The island of Scio, off
| | | | west coast of Asia
| | | | Minor.
| | | |
=CHORAZIN= |Matt. xi. 21; |_Kh. Kerâzeh_ | 6 |The ruins called ‘Kh.
| Luke x. 13 | | | Kerâzeh,’ some 2½
| | | | miles north of Tell
| | | | Hum. (_Mem._ I.
| | | | 365-368, Sh. VI.;
| | | | Conder’s _Primer_,
| | | | 152; _Recovery of
| | | | Jerusalem_; _Q. S._
| | | | 134, 1879.)
| | | |
=CILICIA= |Acts vi. 9; | |-- |A maritime province on
| xv. 23, 41; | | | south-east coast of
| xxi. 39; | | | Asia Minor, the native
| xxii. 1; | | | country of St. Paul.
| xxiii. 34; | | | (Grove’s _B. I._)
| xxvii. 5; | | |
| Gal. i. 21; | | |
| 9 Ant. x. 2, | | |
| etc.; 1 Wars | | |
| vii. 7, etc. | | |
| | | |
=CLAUDA= |Acts xxvii. 16|_Gozzo_ |-- |Now the island Gozzo,
| | | | at the south-west end
| | | | of Crete.
| | | |
=CNIDUS= |Acts xxvii. 7 | |-- |A town at the extreme
| | | | south-west end of Asia
| | | | Minor, in Caria, on
| | | | Cape Crio. (Grove’s
| | | | _B. I._)
| | | |
=COLOSSE= |Col. i. 2 | |-- |In Phrygia, on the
| | | | river Lycus.
| | | |
=CORINTH= |Acts xviii. |_Corinth_, |-- |On the isthmus between
| 1; xix. 1; 1 | now _Gortho_ | | Peloponnesus and the
| Cor. i. 2; | | | mainland of Greece.
| 2 Cor. i. | | |
| 1-23; 2 Tim. | | |
| iv. 20 | | |
| | | |
=COOS= (R.V. |Acts xxi. 1 |_Stanchio_ |-- |An island north-west of
=COS=) | | | | Rhodes.
| | | |
=CRETE= |Acts xxvii. |_Candia_ |-- |The large island to the
| 7, 12, 13, | | | south of the Grecian
| 21; Tit. | | | Archipelago. (Grove’s
| i. 5; Jos. | | | _B. I._)
| Life, 76; 13 | | |
| Ant. iv. 39; | | |
| 17 Ant. xii. | | |
| 2; 2 Wars | | |
| vii. 1 | | |
| | | |
=CYPRUS= |Acts iv. 36; |_Cyprus_ |-- |See _O. T. S._
| xi. 19, 20; | | |
| xiii. 4; xv. | | |
| 39; xxi. 3; | | |
| 16; xxvii. | | |
| 4; 1 Ant. | | |
| vi. 1; 13 | | |
| Ant. x. 4; | | |
| xii. 2, 3; | | |
| 16 Ant. iv. | | |
| 5; 20 Ant. | | |
| ii. 5; 2 | | |
| Wars vii. 2 | | |
| | | |
=CYRENE= |Matt. xxvii. |_el Krenna_ |-- |The chief town of the
| 32; Mark xv. | | | district, now Tripoli,
| 21; Luke | | | lying between Carthage
| xxiii. 26; | | | and Egypt. (Grove’s
| Acts ii. 10; | | | _B. I._)
| vi. 9; xi. | | |
| 20; xiii. 1; | | |
| Jos. Life, | | |
| 3, 76; 14 | | |
| Ant. vii. 2; | | |
| 16 Ant. vi. | | |
| 1, 5; 7 Wars | | |
| xi. 1 | | |
| | | |
=DALMANUTHA= |Mark viii. 10 |_Not |-- |_See_ Conder’s
| | identified_ | | _Handbook_, 322.
| | | |
=DALMATIA= |2 Tim. iv. | | |A district in
| 10; 2 Wars | | | Illyricum, east of the
| xvi. 4 | | | Adriatic Sea. (Grove’s
| | | | _B. I._)
| | | |
=DAMASCUS= |Acts ix. |_Dimeshk esh | 4 |The ancient city now
| 2-27; xxii. | Sham_ | | called Dimeshk esh
| 5-11; xxvi. | | | Sham. One of the
| 12, 20; 2 | | | cities included in the
| Cor. xi. 32; | | | Decapolis. See _O. T.
| Gal. i. 17; | | | S._
| Jos. Life, | | |
| 6, etc., etc.| | |
| | | |
=DECAPOLIS= |Matt. iv. 25; | | 7 |The name applied to a
| Mark v. 20; | | | confederation of ten
| vii. 31; | | | cities which lay to
| Jos. Life, | | | the south-east of the
| 65, 74; 3 | | | Sea of Galilee, viz.,
| Wars ix. 7 | | | Scythopolis, Hippos,
| | | | Gadara, Philadelphia,
| | | | Pella, Gerasa, Dion,
| | | | Canatha, Damascus,
| | | | Raphana. All except
| | | | the first are on the
| | | | east of the Jordan.
| | | | (Conder’s _Handbook_,
| | | | 36; _Primer_, 146.)
| | | |
=DERBE= |Acts xiv. 6, |_Ambarrarasi_ |-- |Ambarrarasi, west of
| 20; xvi. 1; | | | Eregli, in Asia Minor.
| xx. 4 | | |
| | | |
=EMMAUS= |Luke xxiv. 13 |_Kh. el |-- |The village of Emmaus
| | Khamaseh_ | | (Luke xxiv. 13)
| | (?)* | | was, according to
| |_Kulonieh_ (?)| | A.V., 60 furlongs
| |_el Kubeibeh_ | | from Jerusalem, and
| | (?) | | according to the
| |_Urtas_ (?) | | Sinaitic 160. _Kh.
| | | | el Khamaseh_, 8
| | | | miles south-west of
| | | | Jerusalem, proposed
| | | | by Captain Conder.
| | | | (_Handbook_ and
| | | | _Mem._ III. 36; Sh.
| | | | XVII.; _Q. S._ 172,
| | | | 1876; 105, 1879;
| | | | 46, 237, 1881.)
| | | | _Kulonieh_, 4½ miles
| | | | west of Jerusalem.
| | | | (Grove’s _B. I._)
| | | | _el Kubeibeh_, 7½
| | | | miles north-west
| | | | of Jerusalem, was
| | | | recognised by the
| | | | Crusaders. (_Mem._
| | | | III. 131; Sh. XVII.)
| | | | _Urtas_, 7 miles south
| | | | of Jerusalem, proposed
| | | | by Mrs. Finn. (_Q. S._
| | | | 53, 1883; 243, 1884.
| | | | _See_ also 1885, 1886.)
| | | |
=EGYPT= |Matt. ii. | | |See _O. T. S._
| 13-19, etc., | | |
| etc. | | |
| | | |
=EPHRAIM=, or |John xi. 54 |_Taiyibeh_ (?)|14 |_See_ Conder’s
=APHARAIM= | | | | _Handbook_, _O. T. S._
| | | | and _Q. S._ 1872,
| | | | 1877, and 1881.
| | | |
=EPHESUS= |Acts xviii. |_Ephesus_ |-- |A city of Ionia in Asia
| 19, 21, 24; | | | Minor, near Smyrna.
| xix. 1, 17, | | | The seat of one of
| 26, 35; xx. | | | the seven Churches of
| 16, 17; 1 | | | Asia. _See_ Smith’s
| Cor. xv. | | | _D. of B._ and
| 32; xvi. 8; | | | Baedeker’s _Handbook_.
| Ephes. i. 1; | | |
| 1 Tim. i. | | |
| 3; 2 Tim. | | |
| i. 18; iv. | | |
| 12; Rev. i. | | |
| 11; ii. 1; | | |
| 14 Ant. x. | | |
| 3, 16; xii. | | |
| 2, 3, 4; 16 | | |
| Ant. ii. 2; | | |
| vi. 7 | | |
| | | |
=ETHIOPIA= |Acts viii. 27 | |-- |See _O. T. S._
| | | |
=FAIR HAVENS=, |Acts xxvii. 8 | |-- |On the south side of
The | | | | Crete, 4 or 5 miles
| | | | east of Cape Matala.
| | | | (Grove’s _B. I._)
| | | |
=GABBATHA= |John xix. 13 |_Not |-- |The ‘pavement’ in
| | identified_ | | Jerusalem. Believed
| | | | to have been in the
| | | | citadel of Antonia.
| | | |
=GALATIA= |Acts xvi. 6; | |-- |A province of Asia
| xviii. 23; 1 | | | Minor.
| Cor. xvi. 1; | | |
| Gal. i. 2; 2 | | |
| Tim. iv. 10; | | |
| 1 Peter i. 1 | | |
| | | |
=GALILEE=, |Matt. ii. 22; | |-- |See _O. T. S._
Upper | iii. 13; iv. | | |
=GALILEE=, | 12, 15, 23, | | |
Lower | 25; xvii. | | |
| 22; xix. 1; | | |
| xxi. 11; | | |
| xxvi. 32; | | |
| xxvii. 55; | | |
| xxviii. 7, | | |
| 10, 16; Mark | | |
| i. 9, 14, | | |
| 28, 39; iii. | | |
| 7; vi. 21; | | |
| ix. 30; xiv. | | |
| 28; xv. 41; | | |
| xvi. 7; Luke | | |
| i. 26; ii. | | |
| 39; iii. 1; | | |
| iv. 14, 31, | | |
| 44; v. 17; | | |
| viii. 26; | | |
| xvii. 11; | | |
| xxiii. 5, 6, | | |
| 49, 55; xxiv.| | |
| 6; John i. | | |
| 43; ii. 11; | | |
| iv. 3, 43, | | |
| 45, 47; vii. | | |
| 1, 9, 41, | | |
| 52; xii. 21; | | |
| xxi. 2; Acts | | |
| i. 11; v. | | |
| 37; ix. 31; | | |
| x. 37. Very | | |
| frequently | | |
| mentioned in | | |
| Josephus | | |
| | | |
=GALILEE=, Sea |Matt. iv. 18; |_Bahr |-- |See _Recovery of
of | xv. 29; Mark | Tŭbarîya_ | | Jerusalem_, Conder’s
| i. 16; vii. | | | _Handbook_, 215; _Tent
| 31; John vi. | | | Work_, 36; _Q. S._
| 1 | | | 1877, 1878, 1879, and
| | | | 1881.
| | | |
=GAZA= |Acts viii. |_Ghŭzzeh_ |13 |See _O. T. S._ and _Q.
| 26; 1 Ant. | | | S._ 1869-1875, 1878.
| vi. 2; 5 | | | (_Mem._ III. 248; Sh.
| Ant. i. 22; | | | XIX.)
| ii. 4; viii. | | |
| 10; 6 Ant. | | |
| i. 2; 7 Ant. | | |
| iv. 1; 9 | | |
| Ant. xiii. | | |
| 3; 11 Ant. | | |
| viii. 3, 4; | | |
| 13 Ant. v. | | |
| 5; xii. 2, | | |
| 4; xiii. 1, | | |
| 2, 3; xv. | | |
| 4; 14 Ant. | | |
| iv. 4; v. | | |
| 3; 15 Ant. | | |
| vii. 3, 9; | | |
| 17 Ant. xi. | | |
| 4; 1 Wars | | |
| iv. 2; vii. | | |
| 7; xx. 3; 2 | | |
| Wars vi. 3; | | |
| xviii. 1; 4 | | |
| Wars xi. 5 | | |
| | | |
=GENNESARET=, |Luke v. 1; 5 |_Bahr | 6 |Another name for the
Lake of | Ant. i. 22; | Tŭbarîya_ | | Sea of Galilee. In
| 13 Ant. v. | | | the Old Testament
| 7; 3 Wars x. | | | Chinnereth, and in
| 1, 7, 8 | | | Josephus Lake of
| | | | Genesareth.
| | | |
=GENNESARET=, |Matt. xiv. |_el Ghuweir_ | 6 |The plain of ‘el
Land of | 34; Mark vi. | | | Ghuweir,’ north of
| 53 | | | Magdala, on the
| | | | western shore of the
| | | | Sea of Galilee. Extent
| | | | 3 miles long by 1¼
| | | | mile broad.
| | | |
=GERGESENES=, |Matt. viii. |_Kersa_, or | 6 |Possibly the present
or =GERASENES= | 28; Mark | _Khersa_ (?) | | ruin Kersa, on the
City of | v. 1; Luke | | | eastern shore of
| viii. 26 and | | | the Sea of Galilee.
| 37 | | | In Matt. viii. 28
| | | | Gergesenes; Mark v.
| | | | 1, Luke viii. 26 and
| | | | 37 Gadarenes (A.V.)
| | | | In Matt. viii. 28
| | | | Gadarenes; Mark v.
| | | | 1, Luke viii. 26
| | | | and 37 Gerasenes
| | | | (R.V.) _Recovery
| | | | of Jerusalem_,
| | | | Schumacher’s _Jaulan_,
| | | | 1888. Conder’s
| | | | _Handbook_.
| | | |
=GETHSEMANE= |Matt. xxvi. | |14 |Probably at or near
| 36; Mark | | | the enclosed olive
| xiv. 32 | | | garden, still so
| | | | called, in the Valley
| | | | of Jehoshaphat.
| | | |
=GOLGOTHA= |Matt. xxvii. | |14 |The knoll outside
| 33; Mark xv. | | | of the Damascus
| 22; John | | | Gate proposed by
| xix. 17 | | | Captain Conder, has
| | | | lately received many
| | | | supporters. Luke xiii.
| | | | 33 Calvary (A.V.),
| | | | The Skull (R.V.).
| | | | See _Recovery of
| | | | Jerusalem_. Conder’s
| | | | _Primer_, 160; _Q. S._
| | | | 198, 1879; 109, 1880;
| | | | 69, 148, 1883; 78,
| | | | 1885.
| | | |
=GOMORRHA= |Matt. x. 15; |_Not |-- |The Gomorrah of the Old
(R.V. | Mark vi. 11; | identified_ | | Testament. (See
=GOMORRAH=) | Rom. ix. 29; | | | _O. T. S._ and _Memoirs
| Jude 7; 2 | | | of Eastern Survey_.)
| Pet. ii. 6 | | | The name is omitted in
| | | | Mark vi. 11 in the R.V.
| | | |
=GREECE= |Acts xx. 2 | | |
| | | |
=HIERAPOLIS= |Col. iv. 13 |_Pambûk |-- |Now called Pambûk
| | Kalessi_ | | Kalessi. (Grove’s _B.
| | | | I._)
| | | |
=ICONIUM= |Acts xiii. |_Konieh_ |-- |Now the modern Konieh.
| 51; xiv. 1, | | | (Grove’s _B. I._)
| 19, 21; xvi. | | |
| 2; 2 Tim. | | |
| iii. 11 | | |
| | | |
=IDUMÆA= |Mark iii. 8; | |14 |The Greek form of Edom.
| 4 Wars iv. | |21 | See _O. T. S._
| 1-7, etc. | | |
| | | |
=ILLYRICUM= |Rom. xv. 19 | |-- |A district on the east
| | | | coast of the Adriatic
| | | | Sea. (Grove’s _B. I._)
| | | |
=ITALY= |Acts xviii. | |-- |
| 2; xxvii. | | |
| 1, 6; Heb. | | |
| xiii. 24 | | |
| | | |
=ITURÆA= |Luke iii. 1; |_Jedûr_ | 7 |The present district
| 13 Ant. xi. 3| | | of Jedûr, extending
| | | | from Hermon towards
| | | | the Lejah. (Conder’s
| | | | _Handbook_, 316;
| | | | _Recovery of
| | | | Jerusalem_, 416.)
| | | |
=JACOB’S WELL= |John iv. 6 |_Bîr Yʾakûb_ |10 |At the foot of Gerizim,
| | | | where the Vale of
| | | | Shechem joins the
| | | | plain of Moreh, is
| | | | Jacob’s Well, 70 feet
| | | | deep, and at times
| | | | containing water.
| | | | There is a vault over
| | | | it now, and remains
| | | | of an ancient church.
| | | | For plans and sketches
| | | | and detailed accounts
| | | | see _Recovery of
| | | | Jerusalem_. (_Mem._
| | | | II. 172; Sh. XI.; _Q.
| | | | S._ 71, 1873; 72,
| | | | 1877; 9, 1878; 87,
| | | | 1879; 195, 1881.)
| | | |
=JERICHO= |Matt. xx. |_Eriha_ |14 |Jericho. See _O. T. S._;
| 29; Mark x. | | | _Q. S._ 1869,
| 46; Luke x. | | | 1870, 1874.
| 30; xviii. | | |
| 35; xix. 1; | | |
| Heb. xi. 30. | | |
| Frequently | | |
| mentioned by | | |
| Josephus | | |
| | | |
=JERUSALEM= |Very |_el Kuds_ |-- |_Memoirs, Jer.
| frequently | | | Vol._; _Recovery of
| mentioned | | | Jerusalem_, etc.
| | | |
=JOPPA= |Acts ix. |_Yâfa_ | 9 |The Japho of Joshua,
| 36-43; x. 5, | | | xix. 46. See _O. T. S._
| 8, 23, 32; | | |
| xi. 13 | | |
| | | |
=JORDAN= |Matt. iii. 5, |_esh Sheriʾah_|-- |See _O. T. S._
| 6, 13; iv. | | |
| 15, 25; xix. | | |
| 1; Mark i. | | |
| 5, 9; iii. | | |
| 8; x. 1; | | |
| Luke iii. 3; | | |
| iv. 1; John | | |
| i. 28; iii. | | |
| 26; x. 40 | | |
| | | |
=JUDAH=, or |Matt. ii. 1, | |-- |See _O. T. S._
=JUDEA= | 5, 22, etc., | | |
| etc. | | |
| | | |
=LAODICEA= |Col. iv. 13, |near _Denislu_|-- |In Asia Minor. Was the
| 15; Rev. i. | | | seat of one of the
| 11; iii. 14; | | | seven Churches of Asia.
| 1 Wars xi. 7 | | |
| | | |
=LASEA= |Acts xxvii. 8 |_Lasea_ |-- |A ruin of that name in
| | | | Crete. (Grove’s _B.
| | | | I._)
| | | |
=LIBYA= |Acts ii. 10; | |-- |The part of Africa
| 1 Ant. vi. | | | west of the Delta.
| 2; 10 Ant. | | | Mentioned by Josephus
| x. 1; 12 | | | under the form of
| Ant. x. 5; | | | Libya, Libyia, Libyan
| 14 Ant. i. | | | Pentapolis. See _O. T.
| 4; 16 Ant. | | | S._
| vi. 1; 2 | | |
| Wars xvi. 4; | | |
| xviii. 8; 3 | | |
| Wars v. 7; 4 | | |
| Wars x. 5; 7 | | |
| Wars xi. 1 | | |
| | | |
=LYCAONIA= |Acts xiv. 6, | |-- |A district of Asia
| 11 | | | Minor.
| | | |
=LYCIA= |Acts xxvii. 5 | |-- |A district in Asia
| | | | Minor, opposite Rhodes.
| | | |
=LYDDA= |Acts ix. 32, |_Ludd_ | 9 |The ancient ‘Lod.’ See
| 35, 38; 14 | | | _O. T. S._
| Ant. xi. 2; | | |
| xv. 3; 20 | | |
| Ant. vi. 2; | | |
| 1 Wars xv. | | |
| 6; 2 Wars | | |
| xii. 6; xix. | | |
| 1; xx. 4; 3 | | |
| Wars iii. 5; | | |
| 4 Wars viii. | | |
| 1 | | |
| | | |
=LYSTRA= |Acts xiv. 6, |_Khatûn Serai_|-- |Khatûn Serai, east of
| 8, 21; xvi. | | | Konieh.
| 1, 2; 2 Tim. | | |
| iii. 11 | | |
| | | |
=MACEDONIA= |Acts xvi. |_Macedonia_ |-- |The country to the
| 9, 10, 12; | | | north of Greece. In
| xviii. 5; | | | the Apocrypha Chittim.
| xix. 21, 22, | | | See _O. T. S._, under
| 29; xx. 1, | | | head Chittim.
| 3; Rom. xv. | | |
| 26; 1 Cor. | | |
| xvi. 5; 2 | | |
| Cor. i. 16; | | |
| ii. 13; vii. | | |
| 5; viii. | | |
| 1; ix. 2, | | |
| 4; xi. 9; | | |
| Philip iv. | | |
| 15; 1 Thess. | | |
| i. 7, 8; iv. | | |
| 10; 1 Tim. | | |
| i. 3; 12 | | |
| Ant. i.; 14 | | |
| Ant. xii. 3 | | |
| | | |
=MADIAN= |Acts vii. 29 | |-- |The Greek form of
| | | | Midian. See _O. T. S._
| | | |
=MAGDALA= (R.V. |Matt. xv. 39 |_Mejdel_ (?) | 6 |The present village
=MAGADAN=) | | | | Mejdel, north of
| | | | Tiberias. (_Mem._ I.
| | | | 365, 369; Sh. VI.;
| | | | _Q. S._ 121, 1877.)
| | | | Magadan might (if
| | | | correct) represent
| | | | Megiddo. See _O. T. S._
| | | |
=MELITA= |Acts xxviii. 1|_Malta_ |-- |The island on which St.
| | | | Paul was wrecked.
| | | |
=MESOPOTAMIA= |Acts ii. 9; | |-- |Country between the
| vii. 2 | | | Euphrates and Tigris.
| (frequently | | | See _O. T. S._
| mentioned in | | |
| Josephus) | | |
| | | |
=MILETUS= |Acts xx. 15, | |-- |A city of Asia Minor,
| 17; 2 Tim. | | | south of Ephesus.
| iv. 20 | | | (Grove’s _B. I._)
| | | |
=MITYLENE= |Acts xx. 14; |_Castro_ |-- |The chief town of
| 15 Ant. x. | | | Lesbos. (Grove’s _B.
| 2; 16 Ant. | | | I._)
| ii. 2 | | |
| | | |
=MYRA= |Acts xxvii. 5 |_Dembra_ |-- |A city of Lycia.
| | | |
=MYSIA= |Acts xvi. 7, | |-- |A district in the
| 8; 1 Wars | | | north-west of Asia
| xxi. 11; 4 | | | Minor.
| Wars x. 6; 7 | | |
| Wars iv. 3; | | |
| v. 3 | | |
| | | |
=NAIN= |Luke vii. 11 |_Nein_ |10 |The village Nein, west
| | | | of Endor. (_Mem._ II.
| | | | 86; Sh. IX; _Q. S._
| | | | 115, 1878.)
| | | |
=NAZARETH= |Matt. ii. 23; |_en Nâsirah_ | 6 |The town en Nâsirah,
| iv. 13; xxi. | | | in Lower Galilee. For
| 11; Mark | | | various descriptions,
| i. 9; Luke | | | see _Mem._ I. 275-279;
| i. 26; ii. | | | Sh. V; _Tent Work_,
| 4, 39, 51; | | | 57; _Primer_, 147
| iv. 16, 34; | | | (Conder); _Q. S._
| xviii. 37; | | | 1869, 1870, 1873, and
| John i. 45, | | | Dean Stanley’s _Sinai
| 46 | | | and Palestine_, 365.
| | | |
=NEAPOLIS= |Acts xvi. 11 |_Kavalla_ |-- |_See_ Philippi.
| | | |
=NICOPOLIS= |Titus iii. 12 | |-- |Thought to be
| | | | Paleoprevêsa, west of
| | | | the Bay of Actium.
| | | | (Grove’s _B. I._)
| | | |
=NINEVEH= |Matt. xii. 41 | |-- |On the left bank of
| | | | the Tigris, opposite
| | | | Mosul. See _O. T. S._
| | | |
=OLIVES=, |Matt. xxi. |_Jebel et Tôr_|14 |The hill called Jebel
Mount of | 1; xxiv. 3; | | | et Tôr on the east
=OLIVET=, The | xxvi. 30; | | | of Jerusalem. See
Mount Called | Mark xi. 1; | | | _O. T. S._ ‘Five
| xiii. 3; | | | furlongs from the
| xiv. 26; | | | city’ (20 Ant. viii.
| Luke xix. | | | 6); ‘six furlongs from
| 29, 37; xxi. | | | Jerusalem, on the
| 37; xxii. | | | eastern side of the
| 39; John | | | Cedron Valley’ (5 Wars
| viii. 1; | | | ii. 3).
| Acts i. 12; | | |
| 7 Ant. ix. | | |
| 2; 20 Ant. | | |
| viii. 6; 2 | | |
| Wars xiii. | | |
| 5; 5 Wars | | |
| ii. 3; iii. | | |
| 5; xii. 2; 6 | | |
| Wars ii. 8 | | |
| | | |
=PAMPHYLIA= |Acts ii. 10; | |-- |A district on the south
| xiii. 13; | | | coast of Asia Minor
| xiv. 24; xv. | | | between Lycia and
| 38; xxvii. | | | Cilicia. (Grove’s _B.
| 5; 11 Ant. | | | I._)
| viii. 1; 14 | | |
| Ant. xiv. 3; | | |
| 1 Wars xiv. | | |
| 3; 2 Wars | | |
| xiv. 4 | | |
| | | |
=PAPHOS= |Acts xiii. 6 |_Bafo_ |-- |A town at the
| | | | south-west end of
| | | | Cyprus.
| | | |
=PATMOS= |Rev. i. 9 |_Patmo_ |-- |In the Ægean, near
| | | | Samos. Now Patmo.
| | | | (Grove’s _B. I._)
| | | |
=PERGA= |Acts xiii. |_Eski-Kalesi_ |-- |A city of Pamphylia,
| 13; xiv. 25 | | | now called
| | | | Eski-Kalesi, situate
| | | | on the river Cestus.
| | | |
=PERGAMOS= |Rev. i. 11; |_Bergama_ |-- |Now Bergama. The seat
(R.V. | ii. 12; 1 | | | of one of the seven
=PERGAMUM=) | 1 Wars ix. 3;| | | Churches of Asia.
| xxi. 11 | | |
| | | |
=PHENICE= |Acts xi. 19; | | |See the next.
| xv. 3 | | |
| | | |
=PHENICIA= |Acts xxi. 2. | |-- |The maritime portion
(R.V. | Frequently | | | of country containing
=PHŒNICIA=) | mentioned in | | | Tyre and Sidon. The
| Josephus | | | limits are variously
| | | | stated by ancient
| | | | writers.
| | | |
=PHILADELPHIA= |Rev. i. 11; |_Alla Shehr_ |-- |A city on the confines
| iii. 7 | | | of Lydia and Phrygia.
| | | | Now called Alla Shehr.
| | | | Was the seat of one of
| | | | the seven Churches of
| | | | Asia. (Grove’s _B. I._)
| | | |
=PHILIPPI= |Acts xvi. 12; |Near |-- |A city of Macedonia,
| xx. 6; 1 | _Bereketli_ | | its seaport Neapolis
| Thess. ii. 2 | | | is now called Kavalla.
| | | | (Grove’s _B. I._)
| | | |
=PHRYGIA= |Acts ii. 10; | |-- |In west central Asia
| xvi. 6; | | | Minor.
| xviii. 23; | | |
| Ant. iii. 4; | | |
| 16 Ant. ii. | | |
| 2; 4 Wars | | |
| xi. 1 | | |
| | | |
=PISIDIA= |Acts xiii. | |-- |In Asia Minor, north of
| 14; xiv. | | | Pamphylia. (Grove’s
| 24; 13 Ant. | | | _B. I._)
| xiii. 5 | | |
| | | |
=POTTER’S |Matt. xxvii. 7| |-- |The traditional site is
FIELD, THE= | | | | at Aceldama, which see.
| | | |
=PRÆTORIUM= |Matt. xxvii. | |-- |The head-quarters of
(R.V. =THE | 27; Mark xv. | | | the Roman Governor at
PALACE=) | 16; John | | | Jerusalem. The Common
| xviii. 28, | | | Hall, or Hall of
| 33; xix. 9; | | | Judgment.
| Acts xxiii. | | |
| 35; Philip | | |
| i. 13 | | |
| | | |
=PTOLEMAIS= |Acts xxi. 7; |_Akka_ | 6 |The modern town of
| Jos. Life | | | Akka. The Accho of
| 22, 24, 43, | | | Judges i. 31 and the
| 65, 74, | | | Talmud. See _O. T. S._
| etc., etc. | | |
| | | |
=PUTEOLI= |Acts xxviii. |_Pozzuoli_ |-- |On the west coast of
| 13; Jos. | | | Italy, near Naples.
| Life 3; | | |
| 18 Ant. vi. 4| | |
| | | |
=RAMA= (R.V. |Matt. ii. 18 |_Not |-- |_See_ Ramah (1) of
=RAMAH=) | | identified_ | | Benjamin, _O. T. S._
| | | |
=RHEGIUM= |Acts xxviii. |_Reggio_ |-- |Reggio, at the southern
| 13 | | | entrance of the
| | | | straits of Messina.
| | | |
=RHODES= |Acts xxi. 1; |_Island of |-- |The Island of Rhodes
| 14 Ant. xiv. | Rhodes_ | | in the Mediterranean.
| 3; 16 Ant. | | | (Smith’s _D. of B._)
| ii. 2, v. 3; | | |
| 1 Wars xiv. | | |
| 3; xx. 1; | | |
| xxi. 11; 7 | | |
| Wars ii. 1 | | |
| | | |
=ROME= |Acts ii. 10; |_Rome_ |-- |(Smith’s _D. of B._)
| xviii. 2; | | |
| xix. 21; | | |
| xxiii. 11; | | |
| xxviii. 14, | | |
| 16; Rom. i. | | |
| 7, 15; 2 | | |
| Tim. i. 17; | | |
| Life Chap. | | |
| 3, 76, etc., | | |
| etc. | | |
| | | |
=SALAMIS= |Acts xiii. 5 | |-- |A town on the coast of
| | | | Famagusta Bay, Cyprus.
| | | |
=SALEM= |Heb. vii. 1, 2| | |See _O. T. S._
| | | |
=SALIM= |John iii. 23 |_Sâlim_ |10 |The present village,
| | | | Sâlim, east of
| | | | Shechem, and probably
| | | | the Caphar Shalem of
| | | | the Talmud. (_Mem._
| | | | II. 230; Sh. XII.;
| | | | Conder’s _Handbook_,
| | | | 320; _Q. S._ 32, 1875;
| | | | 72, 1876.)
| | | |
=SALMONE= |Acts xxvii. 7 |_Salmone_ |-- |The eastern point of
| | | | the island of Crete.
| | | | (Grove’s _B. I._)
| | | |
=SAMARIA= |Luke xvii. |_Sebŭstieh_ |10 |The Samaria of the Old
| 11; John | | | Testament. See _O. T.
| iv. 4-9; | | | S._; _Q. S._ 1871,
| Acts i. 8; | | | 1872, 1876, 1877.
| viii. 1, 5, | | |
| 9, 14; ix. | | |
| 31; xv. 3. | | |
| Frequently | | |
| mentioned in | | |
| Josephus | | |
| | | |
=SAMOS= |Acts xx. 15; |_Samos_ |-- |
| 16 Ant. ii. | See _O. T. | |
| 2, 4 | S._ | |
| | | |
=SAMOTHRACIA= |Acts xvi. 11 |_Samothraki_ |-- |An island in the north
(R.V. | | | | part of the Ægean Sea.
=SAMOTHRACE=) | | | | (Grove’s _B. I._)
| | | |
=SARDIS= |Rev. i. 11; |_Sert-Kalessi_|-- |Now Sert-Kalessi,
| iii. 1, 4 | | | between Smyrna and
| | | | Philadelphia. Was the
| | | | seat of one of the
| | | | seven Churches of
| | | | Asia. (Grove’s _B. I._)
| | | |
=SAREPTA= (R.V. |Luke iv. 26 |_Surafend_ | 2 |The ruined town
=ZAREPHATH=) | | | | Sarafend. South of
| | | | Sidon. See _O. T. S._
| | | |
=SARON= (R.V. |Acts ix. 35 |_es Sahel_ |9, |The great plain
=SHARON=) | | |10 | extending from Lydda
| | | | and Joppa on the south
| | | | to Mount Carmel on the
| | | | north. See _O. T. S._
| | | | _Q. S._ 13, 1874; 127,
| | | | 1876; 46, 51, 1878.
| | | |
=SELEUCIA= |Acts xiii. 4 |_es |-- |The seaport town of
| | Suweidiyeh_ | | Antioch. The Seleucia
| | | | of the Maccabees. See
| | | | Chesney’s _Euphrates
| | | | Expedition_, and
| | | | Baedeker’s _Handbook_,
| | | | for accounts of the
| | | | ruins.
| | | |
=SHEPHERD’S |Luke ii. |_Keniset er |14 |Below Bethlehem.
FIELD= | | Rʾawât_ | | (_Mem._ III.; Sh.
| | | | XVII.)
| | | |
=SHEEP-MARKET= |John v. 2 | |14 |At Jerusalem.
| | | |
=SIDON= |Matt. xi. 21, |_Saida_ | 2 |The present town Saida,
| 22; xv. 21; | | | on the Mediterranean
| Mark iii. 8; | | | coast. See _O. T. S._
| vii. 24, 31; | | |
| Luke iv. 26; | | |
| vi. 17; x. | | |
| 13, 14; Acts | | |
| xii. 20. | | |
| | | |
| Frequently | | |
| mentioned by | | |
| Josephus | | |
| | | |
=SILOAM= |Luke xiii. 4 |_Silwân_ |14 |The village Silwân,
| | | | south-east of
| | | | Jerusalem. (_Q. S._
| | | | 141, 1874.)
| | | |
=SILOAM=, Pool |John ix. 7, |_Birket |14 |One of the pools south
of | 11; 2 Wars | Silwân_ | | of Jerusalem. In the
| xvi. 2; 5 | | | Old Testament Siloah.
| Wars iv. | | | See _O. T. S._ _Q.
| 1-2; vi. 1; | | | S._ 1869-70, 1872,
| ix. 4; xii. | | | 1878-1887. _Memoirs,
| 2; 6 Wars | | | Jer. Vol._
| vii. 2 | | |
| | | |
=SILOAM=, |Luke xiii. 4 | |-- |_See_ Siloam.
Tower in | | | |
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=SINA=, Mount |Acts vii. 30, |_Jebel Mûsa_ |-- |See _O. T. S._
=SINAI= | 38; Gal. iv. | | |
| 24, 25; 2 | | |
| Ant. xiii. | | |
| 3; xiv. 3; | | |
| 3 Ant. v. | | |
| 7, 8; viii. | | |
| 10; xii. 3; | | |
| xiii. 8; 4 | | |
| Ant. iii. 2; | | |
| 8 Ant. xiii. | | |
| 7 | | |
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=SION= |Matt. xxi. 5; | |-- |
| John xii. 15 | | |
| | | |
=SION=, Mount |Heb. xii. 22; | |-- |See _O. T. S._
| 1 Peter ii. | | |
| 6; Rev. xiv. | | |
| 1 | | |
| | | |
=SMYRNA= |Rev. i. 11; |_Smyrna_ |-- |Smyrna, on the coast of
| ii. 8 | | | Asia Minor. Was the
| | | | seat of one of the
| | | | seven Churches of Asia.
| | | |
=SODOM= |Matt. x. 15; |_Not |-- |‘On the borders of Lake
| xi. 23, 24; | identified_ | | Asphaltitis’ (4 Wars
| Mark vi. 11; | | | viii. 2). (Omitted in
| Luke x. 12; | | | Mark vi. 11 of the
| xvii. 29; | | | R.V.) See _O. T. S._
| Rom. ix. | | |
| 29; 2 Peter | | |
| ii. 6; Jude | | |
| 7; Rev. xi. | | |
| 8; 1 Ant. | | |
| viii. 3; ix. | | |
| 1; xi. 2; 4 | | |
| Wars viii. | | |
| 2, 4 | | |
| | | |
=SOLOMON’S |John x. 23; | |-- |One of the cloisters of
PORCH= | Acts iii. | | | the Jerusalem Temple.
| 11; v. 12 | | |
| | | |
=SPAIN= |Rom. xv. 24, | |-- |
| 28; 2 Wars | | |
| ix. 6; xvi. 4| | |
| | | |
=SYCHAR= |John iv. 5 |_ʾAskar_ |10 |A little village on the
| | | | east slope of Ebal
| | | | and north of Jacob’s
| | | | Well. (_Mem._ II. 168;
| | | | Sh. XI.; _Q. S._ 149,
| | | | 1877; 114, 1878; 93,
| | | | 1879; 47, 1881.)
| | | |
=SYCHEM= (R.V. |Acts vii. 16. |_Nâblus_ |10 |The Greek form of
=SHECHEM=) | Frequently | | | Shechem. The Shechem
| mentioned in | | | of Gen. xii. 6, etc.
| Josephus | | | See _O. T. S._; _Q.
| | | | S._ 126, 192, 1876;
| | | | 149, 1877; 88, 90, 93,
| | | | 1879.
| | | |
=SYRACUSE= |Acts xxviii. | |-- |The celebrated city on
| 12 | | | the eastern coast of
| | | | Sicily.
| | | |
=SYRIA= |Luke ii. 2; | |-- |See _O. T. S._
| Acts xv. 23, | | |
| 41; xviii. | | |
| 18; xx. 3; | | |
| xxi. 3; | | |
| Gal. i. 21. | | |
| Frequently | | |
| mentioned in | | |
| Josephus | | |
| | | |
=TARSUS= |Acts ix. 11, |_Tersûs_ |-- |Chief city of Cilicia.
| 30; xi. 25; | | | The birth-place of St.
| xxi. 39; | | | Paul. See _O. T. S._
| xxii. 3; 1 | | |
| Ant. vi. 1; | | |
| 9 Ant. x. 2; | | |
| 7 Wars vii. 3| | |
| | | |
=TAVERNS=, |Acts xxviii. | |-- |A station on the Appian
The Three | 15 | | | Way, along which St.
| | | | Paul travelled from
| | | | Puteoli to Rome.
| | | |
=THESSALONICA= |Acts xvii. |_Salonika_ |-- |Now Salonika, on the
| 1, 11, 13; | | | coast of Macedonia.
| xxvii. 2; | | |
| Phil. iv. | | |
| 16; 2 Tim. | | |
| iv. 10 | | |
| | | |
=THYATIRA= |Acts xvi. 14; |_Akhissar_ |-- |Akhissar, north-west of
| Rev. i. 11; | | | Sardis.
| ii. 18, 24 | | |
| | | |
=TIBERIAS= |John vi. 23. |_Tŭbarîya_ | 6 |One of the three
| Frequently | | | greatest cities in
| mentioned in | | | Galilee (Jos. Life,
| Josephus | | | 25). (_Mem._ I.
| | | | 371 and 418; Sh.
| | | | IV.; _Recovery of
| | | | Jerusalem_; _Q. S._
| | | | 99, 1869-70; 74, 1872;
| | | | 121, 1877; 141, 1879;
| | | | 85, 1887.)
| | | |
=TIBERIAS=, |John vi. 1; |_Bahr | 6 |Sea of Galilee.
Sea of | xxi. 1; 3 | Tŭbarîya_ | |
| Wars iii. 5; | | |
| 4 Wars viii. | | |
| 2 | | |
| | | |
=TRACHONITIS= |Luke iii. 1; |_el Lejah_ | 7 |A Greek name meaning
| Life, chap. | | | rugged. The Argob of
| 23, 73; 1 | | | the Old Testament.
| Ant. vi. 4; | | | See _O. T. S._;
| 13 Ant. xvi. | | | Conder’s _Handbook_,
| 5, etc., etc.| | | 315; _Recovery of
| | | | Jerusalem_.
| | | |
=TROAS= |Acts xvi. 8, |_Eski Stambûl_|-- |Now called Eski Stambûl.
| 11; xx. 5, | | |
| 6; 2 Cor. | | |
| ii. 12; 2 | | |
| Tim. iv. 13 | | |
| | | |
=TROGYLLIUM= |Acts xx. 15 | |-- |South of Ephesus, on
(Omitted in | | | | the end of the ridge
R.V.) | | | | of Mycae.
| | | |
=TYRE= |Matt. xi. 21, |_es Sûr_ | 6 |The town ‘es Sûr,’ on
| 22; xv. 21; | | | the east coast. See
| Mark iii. 8; | | | _O. T. S._ and _Q. S._
| vii. 24, 31; | | | 1877, 1878, 1880, 1881.
| Luke vi. 17; | | |
| x. 13, 14; | | |
| Acts xii. | | |
| 20; xxi. | | |
| 3, 7; Jos. | | |
| Life, 66, | | |
| 74, etc., | | |
| etc. | | |
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