Bible Dictionaries
Phenice

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Pharpar

Next Entry
Phichol

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Phenice
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Phenice
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Phoenicia, Phenicia, or Phenice
• Phenicia or Phenice
• Phenice
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Phenice
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Phenice
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Phenice, Phenicia
Hitchcock Bible Names
• Phenice
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Phenice
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Phenice, Phenicia
• Phenice
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Phenice
People's Bible Dictionary
• Phenice
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Phenice
Webster Dictionary
• Phenic
Encyclopedias
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Phenice
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Phenice
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Phenice
Lexicons
• ܦ݁ܽܘܢܺܟ݁ܣ
• Φοινίκη
• Φοῖνιξ

Acts 27:12. Phenice, or rather Phoenix (derived from the Greek, "palmtree"); a town and harbour S. of Crete, which as being safer to winter in the master of Paul's ship made for from Fair Havens, but owing to the tempestuous E.N.E. wind failed to reach. It looked toward the S.W. and N.W. On the S. side of the narrow part of Crete (Strabo x. 4). Situated over against Clauda (Hierocles). Now Lutro, but the description "looking toward S.W. and N.W." no longer applies. Either great changes have occurred in its curving shore, or translated "looking down the S.W. and N.W.," i.e. pointing the opposite direction to these winds, namely, N.E. and S.E. (?)