GREEK · G3460
Μύρα
Mura — Myra
Μύρα, Μύρρα (LT, Tr., WH), -ων, τά, Myra, a city of Lycia : Act.27:5.† (AS)
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Myra
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Historical dictionary entry
One of the chief towns of Lycia, in Asia Minor, about 2 1/2 miles from the coast (Acts 27:5). Here Paul removed from the Adramyttian ship in which he had sailed from Caesarea, and entered into the Alexandrian ship, which was afterwards wrecked at Melita (27:39-44).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.