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... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DAPHNE. ... The decline of Daphne dates from
the days of Christian ascendancy in the reign of Julian. ...
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Jeremiah (141 Occurrences)
... upon their undertaking (42:1;). But they insisted and even compelled the aged prophet
to go with them (43:1;). Their first goal was Tahpanhes (Daphne), a town ...
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Onias
... took revenge by persuading Andronicus, the king's deputy, to entice Onias by false
promises of friendship from his sanctuary at Daphne and treacherously slay ...
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Tahapanes (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary =Tahpanhes=Tehaphnehes, (called "Daphne" by the Greeks,
now Tell Defenneh), an ancient Egyptian city, on the Tanitic branch of the ...
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Dannah (1 Occurrence)

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Dappled (2 Occurrences)

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Menelaus
... from the temple. For this sacrilege Onias III sharply reproved him and
fled to a sanctuary, Daphne, near Antioch. Andronicus was ...
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Antioch (21 Occurrences)
... the Roman world. About five miles distant from the city was the suburb of
Daphne, a spot sacred to Apollo and Artemis. This suburb ...
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Syria (73 Occurrences)
... the Roman world. About five miles distant from the city was the suburb of
Daphne, a spot sacred to Apollo and Artemis. This suburb ...
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
DAPHNE

daf'-ne (Daphne, "bay-tree"): A suburb of Antioch on the Orontes, according to Strabo and the Jerusalem itinerary, about 40 furlongs, or 5 miles distant. It is identified with Beit el-Ma' on the left bank of the river, to the Southwest of the city. Here were the famous grove and sanctuary of Apollo. The grove and shrine owed their origin to Seleucus Nicator. It was a place of great natural beauty, and the Seleucid kings spared no outlay in adding to its attractions. The precincts enjoyed the right of asylum. Hither fled Onias the high priest (171 B.C.) from the wrath of Menelaus whom he had offended by plain speech. To the disgust and indignation of Jew and Gentile alike, he was lured from the sanctuary by Andronicus and basely put to death (2 Maccabees 4:33-38). It sheltered fugitives dyed with villainy of every shade. It was the great pleasure resort of the citizens of Antioch; and it gained an evil repute for immorality, as witnessed by the proverbial Daphnici mores. In Tiberim defluxit Orontes, says Juvenal (iii.62), indicating one main source of the corruption that demoralized the imperial city. The decline of Daphne dates from the days of Christian ascendancy in the reign of Julian. The place is still musical with fountains and luxuriant with wild vegetation; but nothing now remains to suggest its former splendor. See ANTIOCH; Gibbon, Decline and Fall, chapter xxiii.

W. Ewing

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms.

2. (n.) A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree.

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