Bible Location
Meaning: the same as Caphtor · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Cappadocia was the large inland province of eastern Asia Minor. It is important because diaspora Jews from there were at Pentecost and Christians there were later addressed in 1 Peter. First appears in Acts 2:9.1
Place meaning
the same as Caphtor
Coordinates
37.50, 35.75
First appears
Acts 2:9
AI summary: Cappadocia matters because it demonstrates how widely the Jewish dispersion and early church networks extended across Asia Minor. Pentecost and 1 Peter together show the region as part of the earliest Christian map. The cross references present Cappadocia as an eastern Anatolian province of diaspora presence and early Christian identity.1
Place meaning
the same as Caphtor
Latitude
37.50
Longitude
35.75
Bible references
2
The easternmost and the largest province of Asia Minor. Christianity very early penetrated into this country (1 Pet. 1:1). On the day of Pentecost there were Cappadocians at Jerusalem (Acts 2:9). 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.