GREEK · G4529
Σαλαμίς
Salamis — Salamis
Σαλαμίς, -ῖνσς, ἡ Salamis, the chief city of Cyprus: Act.13:5.† (AS)
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Salamis
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
A city on the south-east coast of Cyprus (Acts 13:5), where Saul and Barnabas, on their first missionary journey, preached the word in one of the Jewish synagogues, of which there seem to have been several in that place. It is now called Famagusta.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.