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Salamis

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Sal'amis. (suit). A city at the east end of the island of Cyprus, and the first place visited by Paul and Barnabas, on the first missionary journey, after leaving the mainland at Seleucia. Here alone, among all the Greek cities visited by St. Paul, we read expressly of "synagogues" in the plural, Acts 13:5, hence, we conclude that there were many Jews in Cyprus. And this is in harmony with what we read elsewhere. Salamis was not far from the modern Famagousta, it was situated near a river called the Pediaeus, on low ground, which is in fact, a continuation of the plain running up into the interior toward the place where Nicosia, the present capital of Cyprus, stands.

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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Salamis'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​s/salamis.html. 1901.
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