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<p> '''''sen´krē̇''''' -'''''ē''''' ( Κεγχρεαί , <i> '''''Kegchreaı́''''' </i> , Westcott and Hort, <i> The New [[Testament]] in [[Greek]] </i> <i> '''''Kenchreaı́''''' </i> ; the King James Version incorrectly [[Cenchrea]] ): A seaport of [[Corinth]] on the eastern side of the 1sthmus (see [[Corinth]] ). Here according to Acts 18:18 , Paul had his hair shorn before sailing for Syria, since he had a vow. A local church must have been established there by Paul, since Phoebe, the deaconess of Cenchrea, was entrusted with the [[Epistle]] to the Romans, and was commended to them in the highest terms by the apostle, who charged them to "assist her in whatsoever matter she may have need" ( Romans 16:1 , Romans 16:2 ). </p> | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50230" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> CENCHREÆ </strong> (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] <em> [[Cenchrea]] </em> is wrong) was the southern harbour of Corinth, and was on the Saronic Gulf about 7 miles E. of Corinth. It was a mere village, and existed solely for the transit of goods to and from Corinth. Thence St. Paul set sail for [[Syria]] ( Acts 18:18 ). PhÅ“be, the lady commended for her service to the church here ( Romans 16:1 ), carried St. Paul’s [[Epistle]] to Rome. </p> <p> A. Souter. </p> | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55451" /> == | |||
<p> [[Cenchreae]] (not ‘Cenchrea,’ as in Authorized Version ; Κεγχρεαί [Tischendorf], Κενχρεαί [Westcott-Hort’s [[Greek]] [[Testament]] ]; now the village of <i> Kichries </i> ) was the eastern port of Corinth, 7 miles from the city, on the Saronic Gulf, opposite to Lechaeum on the [[Corinthian]] Gulf. ‘Cenchreae,’ says Strabo, ‘serves for the trade with Asia, and Lechaeum for that with Italy’ (viii. vi. 22). From the town of Schœnus-4 miles north of Cenchreae-where the isthmus is less than 5 miles wide, a tramway ( δίολκος) was laid to the other side, upon which vessels of smaller tonnage were conveyed bodily from sea to sea, avoiding a circuitous passage by the stormy headland of Malea. In a.d. 67, Nero, impressed by an idea which had previously commended itself to greater minds-notably to that of [[Julius]] Caesar-made an abortive attempt to cut a canal across the Isthmus, a piece of engineering which was not accomplished till the end of the 19th century (1881-1893). Between Cenchreae and Schœnus was a famous sanctuary, in which stood ‘the temple of Isthmian Neptune, shaded above with a grove of pine-trees, where the Corinthians celebrated the Isthmian games’ (Strabo, <i> loc. cit </i> .). From the pines were cut those garlands for the brows of the victors in the stadium, which St. Paul contrasts with immortal crowns ( 1 Corinthians 9:24-27). At Cenchreae, St. Paul, on the eve of his sailing for [[Syria]] to attend the Passover, had his head shorn on account of a vow ( Acts 18:18). During his prolonged residence in Corinth, Cenchreae had become the seat of a church, of which Phœbe was a διάκονος-if not a deaconess in the full technical meaning of later times, at any rate in a more definite sense than is implied by ‘servant’ ( Romans 16:1). She was a προστάσις-succourer, patroness, guardian-of many wayfaring [[Christians]] who passed through that bustling seaport (16:2). It has generally been assumed that this Cenchrean lady, whom St. Paul so warmly commends, was the bearer of the [[Roman]] [[Epistle]] to its destination (Renan, <i> St. Paul </i> , 1869, p. 219), but there is strong reason to believe that Romans 16 is a letter meant for [[Ephesus]] (see Romans). </p> <p> Literature.-Conybeare-Howson, <i> Life and [[Epistles]] of St. Paul </i> , 1856, ii. 224; T. Lewin, <i> Life and Epistles of St. Paul </i> <sup> 3 </sup> , 1875, i. 299ff.; J. G. Frazer, <i> [[Pausanias]] </i> , 1898, iii. 6ff.; E. B. Redlich, <i> St. Paul and his Companions </i> , 1913, index, <i> s.v. </i> </p> <p> James Strahan. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2465" /> == | |||
<p> '''''sen´krē̇''''' -'''''ē''''' ( Κεγχρεαί , <i> '''''Kegchreaı́''''' </i> , Westcott and Hort, <i> The New [[Testament]] in [[Greek]] </i> <i> '''''Kenchreaı́''''' </i> ; the King James Version incorrectly [[Cenchrea]] ): A seaport of [[Corinth]] on the eastern side of the 1sthmus (see [[Corinth]] ). Here according to Acts 18:18 , Paul had his hair shorn before sailing for Syria, since he had a vow. A local church must have been established there by Paul, since Phoebe, the deaconess of Cenchrea, was entrusted with the [[Epistle]] to the Romans, and was commended to them in the highest terms by the apostle, who charged them to "assist her in whatsoever matter she may have need" ( Romans 16:1 , Romans 16:2 ). </p> | |||
==References == | |||
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<ref name="term_50230"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/cenchreae Cenchreae from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_55451"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-new-testament/cenchreae Cenchreae from Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_2465"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/cenchreae Cenchreae from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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