Ptolemais
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Ptolemais (2 Occurrences)

Acts 21:7 When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais. We greeted the brothers, and stayed with them one day. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Acts 21:8 On the morrow we left Ptolemais and went on to Caesarea, where we came to the house of Philip the Evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. (WEY)

Thesaurus
Ptolemais (2 Occurrences)
... A maritime city of Galilee (Acts 21:7). It was originally called "Accho" (qv), and
received the name Ptolemais from Ptolemy Soter when he was in possession of ...
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Acco (2 Occurrences)
... ak'-o (`akko; [`Akcho]; Ake Ptolemais; Modern Arabic `Akka, English Acre; the King
James Version Accho): A town on the Syrian coast a few miles north of Carmel ...
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Ladder (1 Occurrence)
... term to the whole promontory seems to be indicated by Josephus, since he speaks
of it as one of the mountains which encompass the plain of Ptolemais (Acre) and ...
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Gerrenians
... southern limit of the territory assigned by Antiochus Eupator to the government
of Judas Maccabeus when he "left Hegemonides governor from Ptolemais even unto ...
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Tryphon
... himself. By an act of shrewd treachery, Tryphon captured Jonathan at Ptolemais
and butchered all his followers (1 Maccabees 12:48). ...
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Ptolema'is (1 Occurrence)
Ptolema'is. << Ptolemais, Ptolema'is. Ptolemy >>. Multi-Version Concordance
Ptolema'is (1 Occurrence). ... << Ptolemais, Ptolema'is. Ptolemy >>. Reference Bible.
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Tyre (59 Occurrences)
... The sea-voyage of the apostle terminated at Ptolemais, about 38 miles from Tyre. ...
Acts 21:7 When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais. ...
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Voyage (5 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Acts 21:7 When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais.
We greeted the brothers, and stayed with them one day. ...
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Ummah (1 Occurrence)
... By a slight emendation of the text it would read Acco, the name of the
place subsequently known as Ptolemais, the modern `Akka. ...
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Jokneam (5 Occurrences)
... Version (British and American), we should read "Jokmeam." Eusebius, Onomasticon
places it 6 Roman miles from Lejio (Lejjun) on the way to Ptolemais (Acre). ...
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Greek
4424. Ptolemais -- Ptolemais, a seaport south of Tyre
... << 4423, 4424. Ptolemais. 4425 >>. Ptolemais, a seaport south of Tyre. Part
of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Ptolemais Phonetic ...
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Smith's Bible Dictionary
Ptolemais

[ACCHO]

ATS Bible Dictionary
Ptolemais

See ACCHO.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PTOLEMAIS

tol-e-ma'-is (Ptolemais): Same as "Acco" in Judges 1:31. Ptolemais was the most prominent town on the Phoenician seacoast in Maccabean times (1 Maccabees 5:15, 55; 10:1, 58, 60; 12:48), and is once mentioned in the New Testament in Acts 21:7 as a seaport at which Paul landed for one day, visiting the "brethren" in the place.

See ACCO; PHOENICIA.

Easton's Bible Dictionary
A maritime city of Galilee (Acts 21:7). It was originally called "Accho" (q.v.), and received the name Ptolemais from Ptolemy Soter when he was in possession of Coele-Syria.

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