Bible Location
Meaning: violent precipitation · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Bithynia was the Roman province in north-west Asia Minor by the Black Sea. It is important because the Spirit prevented Paul from entering it at one stage, yet it later had Christian communities addressed in 1 Peter. First appears in Acts 16:7.1
Place meaning
violent precipitation
Coordinates
42.50, 32.50
First appears
Acts 16:7
AI summary: Bithynia matters because it shows both divine redirection and later Christian presence. Acts records Paul being restrained from entering, while 1 Peter shows believers eventually established there. The cross references present Bithynia as a province of postponed mission and later scattered church life.1
Place meaning
violent precipitation
Latitude
42.50
Longitude
32.50
Bible references
2
A province in Asia Minor, to the south of the Euxine and Propontis. Christian congregations were here formed at an early time (1 Pet. 1:1). Paul was prevented by the Spirit from entering this province (Acts 16:7). It is noted in church history as the province ruled over by Pliny as Roman proconsul, who was perplexed as to the course he should take with the numerous Christians brought before his tribunal on account of their profession of Christianity and their conduct, and wrote to Trajan, the emperor, for instructions (A.D. 107). 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.