Atlas  Ptolemais and surrounding area Maps Created using Biblemapper 3.0 Additional data from OpenBible.info Occurrences Acts 21:7 When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais. We greeted the brothers, and stayed with them one day.Encyclopedia PTOLEMAIStol-e-ma'-is (Ptolemais): Same as "Acco" in Judges 1:31. Ptolemais was the most prominent town on the Phoenician seacoast in Maccabean times (1 Maccabees 5:15, 55; 10:1, 58, 60; 12:48), and is once mentioned in the New Testament in Acts 21:7 as a seaport at which Paul landed for one day, visiting the "brethren" in the place. PTOLEMA'IS, same as Accho. Strong's Greek G4424: PtolemaisPtolemais, a seaport south of Tyre |
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