Bible Location
Meaning: shaken; test; beaten · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
Salamis was the Cypriot city where Paul and Barnabas began their synagogue preaching on the first missionary journey. It is important because it marks the opening public ministry stop of that journey. First appears in Acts 13:5.1
Place meaning
shaken; test; beaten
Coordinates
35.18, 33.90
First appears
Acts 13:5
AI summary: Salamis matters because the gospel's movement into Cyprus begins in a real urban and synagogue setting. The city belongs to the first missionary circuit's initial proclamation route.1
Place meaning
shaken; test; beaten
Latitude
35.18
Longitude
33.90
Bible references
1
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. 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Acts |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
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.