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Pamphylia

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GREEK · G3828

Παμφυλία

Pamphulia — Pamphylia

Παμφυλία, -ας, ἡ Pamphylia, a province of Asia Minor: Act.2:10 13:13 14:24 15:38 27:5.† (AS)

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GREEK · G4011

Πέργη

Pergē — Perga

Πέργη, -ης, ἡ Perga, a city of Pamphylia: Act.13:13-14 14:25.† (AS)

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Historical dictionary entry

Paul and his company, loosing from Paphos, sailed north-west and came to Perga, the capital of Pamphylia (Acts 13:13, 14), a province about the middle of the southern sea-board of Asia Minor. It lay between Lycia on the west and Cilicia on the east. There were strangers from Pamphylia at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost (2:10).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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