Bible Location
Meaning: the heart of the sea; fat · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Libya represents the North African region west of Egypt in the biblical world. It is important because it shows how far the Jewish dispersion and wider imperial networks extended. First appears in Ezek 30:5.1
Place meaning
the heart of the sea; fat
Coordinates
28.92, 26.50
First appears
Ezek 30:5
AI summary: Libya matters because Acts and the older genealogical traditions place the biblical story in contact with North Africa as well as the Near East. The region's mention underscores the international breadth of the Pentecost gathering and the wider Mediterranean world. The cross references present Libya as a North African horizon of diaspora and movement.1
Place meaning
the heart of the sea; fat
Latitude
28.92
Longitude
26.50
Bible references
2
The country of the Ludim (Gen. 10:13), Northern Africa, a large tract lying along the Mediterranean, to the west of Egypt (Acts 2:10). Cyrene was one of its five cities. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.