Syracuse
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Syracuse (1 Occurrence)

Acts 28:12 Touching at Syracuse, we stayed there three days. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

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Syracuse (1 Occurrence)
...SYRACUSE. sir'-a-kus, sir-a-kus' (Surakousai; Latin Syracusae, Ital. ... Henceforth
Syracuse was the capital of the Roman province of Sicily. ...
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Rhegium (1 Occurrence)
... colony of Chalcidian Greeks, the place enjoyed great prosperity in the 5th century
BC, but was captured and destroyed by Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, in 387 ...
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Landed (10 Occurrences)
... Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. (See NAS NIV). Acts 28:12 and
having landed at Syracuse, we remained three days, (YLT). ...
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Landing (4 Occurrences)
... the Church, and then went down to Antioch. (WEY DBY). Acts 28:12 And landing
at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. (KJV WBS). ...
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Isle (15 Occurrences)
... islands are mentioned by name in connection with the voyages of Paul, eg Cyprus,
Crete, Lesbos, Samos, Samothrace, Chios, Melita, Sicily (Syracuse, Acts 28:12 ...
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Island (16 Occurrences)
... islands are mentioned by name in connection with the voyages of Paul, eg Cyprus,
Crete, Lesbos, Samos, Samothrace, Chios, Melita, Sicily (Syracuse, Acts 28:12 ...
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Tarried (42 Occurrences)
... fasting, having taken nothing. (KJV WBS). Acts 28:12 And landing at Syracuse,
we tarried there three days. (KJV ASV WBS). Galatians 1:18 ...
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Dioscuri (1 Occurrence)
... Revised Version (British and American) thE TWIN BROTHERS; in margin, "Dioscuri"):
The sign of the ship on which Paul sailed from Melita to Syracuse and Rhegium ...
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Synzygus

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Touching (121 Occurrences)
... accused of the Jews: (KJV ASV). Acts 28:12 Touching at Syracuse, we stayed
there three days. (WEB ASV). Romans 11:28 As concerning ...
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Greek
4946. Surakousai -- Syracuse, a large maritime city of Sicily
... Syracuse, a large maritime city of Sicily. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: Surakousai Phonetic Spelling: (soo-rak'-oo-sahee) Short Definition ...
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Hitchcock's Bible Names
Syracuse

that draws violently

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Syracuse

the celebrated city on the eastern coast of Sicily. "The city in its splendor was the largest and richest that the Greeks possessed in any part of the world, being 22 miles in circumference." St. Paul arrived thither in an Alexandrian ship from Melita, on his voyage to Rome. (Acts 28:12) The site of Syracuse rendered it a convenient place for the African corn-ships to touch at, for the harbor was an excellent one, and the fountain Arethusa in the island furnished an unfailing supply of excellent water.

ATS Bible Dictionary
Syracuse

Now Siracasa, a large and celebrated city on the eastern coast of Sicily, furnished with a capacious and excellent harbor. The city, founded 734 B. C., was opulent and powerful, and was divided into four or five quarters or districts, which were of themselves separate cities. The whole circumference is stated by Strabo to have been one hundred and eighty stadia, or about twenty-two English miles. Syracuse is celebrated as having been the birthplace and residence of Archimedes, whose ingenious mechanical contrivances during its siege by the Romans, 200 B. C., long delayed its capture. Paul passed three days here, on his way from Melita to Rome, in the spring of A. D. 63, Acts 28:12. Population anciently 200,000; now 11,000.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
SYRACUSE

sir'-a-kus, sir-a-kus' (Surakousai; Latin Syracusae, Ital. Siracusa): Situated on the east coast of Sicily, about midway between Catania and the southeastern extremity of the island.

The design of the present work scarcely permits more than a passing allusion to Syracuse, the most brilliant Greek colony on the shores of the Western Mediterranean, where Paul halted three days, on his way from Melita to Rome (Acts 28:12). The original Corinthian colony rounded in 734 B.C. (Thucydides vi.3) was confined to the islet Ortygia, which separates the Great Harbor from the sea. Later the city spread over the promontory lying northward of Ortygia and the harbor.

Syracuse assumed a pre-eminent position in the affairs of Sicily under the rule of the tyrants Gelon (485-478 B.C.; compare Herodotus vii.154-55) and Hieron (478-467 B.C.). It nourisher greatly after the establishment of popular government in 466 B.C. (Diodorus xi.68-72). The Syracusans successfully withstood the famous siege by the Athenians in 414 B.C., the narrative of which is the most thrilling part of the work of Thucydides (vi, vii).

Dionysius took advantage of the fear inspired by the Carthaginians to elevate himself to despotic power in 405 B.C., and he was followed, after a reign of 38 years, by his son of the same name. Although democratic government was restored by Timoleon after a period of civil dissensions in 344 B.C. (Plutarch, Timoleon), popular rule was not of long duration.

The most famous of the later rulers was the wise Hieron (275-216 B.C.), who was the steady ally of the Romans. His grandson and successor Hieronymus deserted the alliance of Rome for that of Carthage, which led to the celebrated siege of the city by the Romans under Marcellus and its fall in 212 (Livy xxiv.21-33). Henceforth Syracuse was the capital of the Roman province of Sicily. Cicero calls it "the greatest of Greek cities and the most beautiful of all cities" (Cicero Verr. iv.52). George H. Allen

Easton's Bible Dictionary
A city on the south-east coast of Sicily, where Paul landed and remained three days when on his way to Rome (Acts 28:12). It was distinguished for its magnitude and splendour. It is now a small town of some 13,000 inhabitants.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) A red wine of Italy.
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