Properly Phoenix a palm-tree (as in the R.V.), a town with a harbour on the southern side of Crete (Acts 27:12), west of the Fair Havens. It is now called Lutro.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Place
Phenice
Name meaning: Phoenicia, red; purple (Hitchcock)
Key verses
Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(Acts 27:12) (more properly Phoenix, as it is translated in the Revised Version), the name of a haven in Crete on the south coast. The name was no doubt derived from the Greek word for the palm tree, which Theophrastus says was indigenous in the island. It is the modern Lutro. [See Phoenice, Phoenicia; PHOENICIA]
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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