Bible Location
Meaning: coming · 6 cross references · Modern-day map available
Iconium was a major inland city of Asia Minor on the route between Pisidia and Lycaonia. It is important because Paul and Barnabas preached there, faced opposition there, and helped establish a church that remained part of Paul's mission world. First appears in Acts 13:51.1
Place meaning
coming
Coordinates
38.19, 32.37
First appears
Acts 13:51
AI summary: Iconium is one of the recurring cities in the story of Paul's first missionary journey. Acts shows it as a place of real fruit and real danger, where preaching divided audiences and eventually forced Paul and Barnabas to flee. Yet it was not abandoned, because they later returned to strengthen the believers there, and the city continued to matter in the memory of Timothy and the churches of the region. The cross references present Iconium as a mission city shaped by perseverance, conflict, and durable Christian witness.1
Place meaning
coming
Latitude
38.19
Longitude
32.37
Bible references
6
The capital of ancient Lycaonia. It was first visited by Paul and Barnabas from Antioch-in-Pisidia during the apostle’s first missionary journey (Acts 13:50, 51). Here they were persecuted by the Jews, and being driven from the city, they fled to Lystra. They afterwards returned to Iconium, and encouraged the church which had been founded there (14:21, 22). It was probably again visited by Paul during his third missionary journey along with Silas (18:23). It is the modern Konieh, at the foot of Mount Taurus, about 120 miles inland from the Mediterranean. 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.