Part 4

----------------+--------------+-----------+----------+-------------------- 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. ----------------+--------------+--------------+---+------------------------ =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 | | | | | | | | =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 | | | | | | | =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. | | | | | | | ----------------+--------------+--------------+---+------------------------