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Phenice
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Properly Phoenix a palm-tree (as in the R.V.), a town with a harbour on the southern side of Crete (Acts 27:12), west of the Fair Havens. It is now called Lutro.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(Acts 27:12) (more properly Phoenix, as it is translated in the Revised Version), the name of a haven in Crete on the south coast. The name was no doubt derived from the Greek word for the palm tree, which Theophrastus says was indigenous in the island. It is the modern Lutro . [See Phoenice, Phoenicia; PHOENICIA]
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
PHEN'ICE, or PHENI'CE. Another and more accurate form for Phoenicia. Acts 11:19; Acts 15:3. See Phoenicia. A town and harbor, more properly Phoenix (from the Greek word for the palm tree, which was indigenous to Crete). The town was on the south-west coast of the island of Crete. It had a safe winter harbor, into which the captain of the ship upon which Paul was a prisoner attempted to sail after leaving Fair Havens. He was caught in the storm, however, and his ship was wrecked on the island of Melita. Acts 27:8, Jud 4:12. Phoenix or Phenice has been identified with the harbor of Lutro, about 35 miles west-north-west from Cape Matala. It has lately been shown that this place has an admirable harbor with a good depth of water, and sheltered from the winter winds.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
Phoenicia, red; purple
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
PHEN'ICE, or PHENI'CE. Another and more accurate form for Phoenicia. Acts 11:19; Acts 15:3. See Phoenicia. A town and harbor, more properly Phoenix (from the Greek word for the palm tree, which was indigenous to Crete). The town was on the south-west coast of the island of Crete. It had a safe winter harbor, into which the captain of the ship upon which Paul was a prisoner attempted to sail after leaving Fair Havens. He was caught in the storm, however, and his ship was wrecked on the island of Melita. Acts 27:8, Jud 4:12. Phoenix or Phenice has been identified with the harbor of Lutro, about 35 miles west-north-west from Cape Matala. It has lately been shown that this place has an admirable harbor with a good depth of water, and sheltered from the winter winds.