Atlas  Libya and surrounding region Maps Created using Biblemapper 3.0 Additional data from OpenBible.info Occurrences Ezekiel 30:5 Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mixed people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.Acts 2:10 Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Encyclopedia LIBYA; LIBYANSlib'-i-a, lib'-i-anz: In the Old Testament the word occurs in the King James Version in 2 Chronicles 12:3; 2 Chronicles 16:8 Nahum 3:9 for "Lubim" (thus the Revised Version (British and American)). the Revised Version (British and American), however, retains "Libyans" in Daniel 11:43. In Jeremiah 46:9 Ezekiel 30:5; Ezekiel 38:5, the words are replaced in the Revised Version (British and American) by PUT (which see). In the New Testament the word "Libya" (Libue) occurs, in close connection with CYRENE (which see) (Acts 2:10). Greek and Roman writers apply the term to the African continent, generally excluding Egypt. LIB'YA was the name of that part of n. Africa, next to Egypt on the w., see map No. 7, the name occurs only in Ezek. 30:5, 38:5, Acts 2:10. Strong's Greek G3033: Libu"the west bank of the Nile," Libya, a region in N. Africa |
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