Mitylene
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Mitylene (1 Occurrence)

Acts 20:14 When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard, and came to Mitylene. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Thesaurus
Mitylene (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MITYLENE. ... The island, under the leadership
of Mitylene, revolted in 428 BC from the Athenian confederacy. ...
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Mityle'ne (1 Occurrence)
Mityle'ne. << Mitylene, Mityle'ne. Mitzraim >>. ... Acts 20:14 and when he met with us
at Assos, having taken him up, we came to Mitylene, (See RSV). ...
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Assos (2 Occurrences)
... An ancient city of Mysia in the Roman province of Asia, at which, according to Acts
20:13, Paul and Luke rested while on their way from Troas to Mitylene. ...
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Mitre (10 Occurrences)

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Accordingly (34 Occurrences)
... leave the city. (WEY). Acts 20:14 Accordingly, when he met us at Assos, we
took him on board and came to Mitylene. (WEY). Acts 25:22 ...
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Aboard (10 Occurrences)
... to go by land. (WEB RSV NIV). Acts 20:14 When he met us at Assos, we took him
aboard, and came to Mitylene. (WEB NIV). Acts 21:2 Having ...
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Met (118 Occurrences)
... midnight. (WEY). Acts 20:14 When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard, and
came to Mitylene. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Board (47 Occurrences)
... (Root in WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV). Acts 20:14 When he met us at Assos, we took him
aboard, and came to Mitylene. (Root in WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Ship (122 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Acts 20:14 And when he came up with
us at Assos, we took him in the ship and went on to Mitylene. (BBE). ...
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Greek
3412. Mitulene -- Mitylene, the chief city of Lesbos
... Mitylene, the chief city of Lesbos. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:
Mitulene Phonetic Spelling: (mit-oo-lay'-nay) Short Definition: Mitylene ...
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Hitchcock's Bible Names
Mitylene

purity; cleansing; press

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Mitylene

(mutilated), the chief town of Lesbos, an island of the AEgean Sea, 7 1/2 miles from the opposite point of Asia Minor. The city is situated on the east coast of the island. Mitylene is the intermediate place where St. Paul stopped for the night between Assos and Chios. (Acts 20:14,15) The town itself was celebrated in Roman times for the beauty of its buildings. In St. Paul's day it had the privileges of a free city. (It is now a place of no importance, called Mitelin . It contains about 1100 houses, Greek and Turkish, with narrow and filthy streets. --ED.)

ATS Bible Dictionary
Mitylene

The ancient capital of the island of Lesbos; a seaport on the east side of the island, towards Asia Minor. Paul touched there on his way from Greece to Jerusalem, Acts 20:14. The island is now called Mitelino; and the ruins of the city still exist near Castro.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
MITYLENE

mit-i-le'-ne, mit-i-lye'-nye (Mitulene, or Mutilene as usually on coins):

1. Importance and History:

In antiquity the most important city of the Asiatic Aeolians and of the island of Lesbos. It had 2 harbors and strong fortresses. The city was noted for its high culture and for its zeal for art and science from the earliest times. The island, under the leadership of Mitylene, revolted in 428 B.C. from the Athenian confederacy. The city was besieged by the Athenians and finally taken. The inhabitants of Mitylene were treated with great severity; the walls were dismantled, and the city was deprived of its power on the sea. In the time of Alexander the Great, Mitylene suffered most through the Persians, and later by the occupation of the Macedonians, but afterward regained its power and prosperity, and still later was favored by the Roman emperors, being made a free city by Pompey.

In the Middle Ages, the name Mitylene was applied to the whole island. The present capital, often called simply Castro, has a large castle built on the site of the ancient acropolis (in 1373). The city was conquered by the Turks in 1462. It contains 14 mosques, 7 churches, and has a population of about 15,000.

2. Paul's Visit:

On his third missionary journey, Paul traveled to the Hellespont from Philippi, thence through the Troad by land to Assos on the southern side-where extensive excavations were carried on in 1881 by an American archaeological expedition-thence by ship to Mitylene (Acts 20:14), where he spent the night. Leaving Lesbos, he sailed southward to a point opposite the island of Chios (Acts 20:15). There is no record that a Christian church had been established in Mitylene at this time.

LITERATURE.

Tozer, Islands of the Aegean, 121, 134, 136; Ramsay, Paul the Traveler, 291;.

J. E. Harry

Easton's Bible Dictionary
The chief city of the island of Lesbos, on its east coast, in the AEgean Sea. Paul, during his third missionary journey, touched at this place on his way from Corinth to Judea (Acts 20:14), and here tarried for a night. It lies between Assos and Chios. It is now under the Turkish rule, and bears the name of Metelin.

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