Bible Location
Meaning: dry; barren · 3 cross references
Phrygia was the inland Asia Minor region through which Paul traveled during his missionary work. It is important because it formed part of the central Anatolian mission field of the early church. First appears in Acts 2:10.1
Place meaning
dry; barren
First appears
Acts 2:10
AI summary: Phrygia's role is regional rather than city-centered. Acts links it to the routes Paul took while strengthening disciples and being redirected in mission. The cross references present Phrygia as a central Anatolian zone in the expanding map of apostolic travel.1
Place meaning
dry; barren
Bible references
3
Dry, an irregular and ill-defined district in Asia Minor. It was divided into two parts, the Greater Phrygia on the south, and the Lesser Phrygia on the west. It is the Greater Phrygia that is spoken of in the New Testament. The towns of Antioch in Pisidia (Acts 13:14), Colosse, Hierapolis, Iconium, and Laodicea were situated in it. 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.