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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71298" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71298" /> == | ||
<p> '''Adramyt'tium.''' Named from ''Adramys'' , brother of Croesus, king of Lydia, a seaport in the province of Asia, ''see '' | <p> '''Adramyt'tium.''' Named from ''Adramys'' , brother of Croesus, king of Lydia, a seaport in the province of Asia, ''see '' [[Asia]] '','' situated on a bay of the Aegean Sea, about 70 miles north of Smyrna, in the district anciently called Aeolis, and also Mysia. See Acts 16:7. ''See '' [[Mitylene]] ''.'' Acts 27:2. The modern ''Adramyti'' is a poor village. </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34316" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34316" /> == | ||
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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69649" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69649" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Adramyttium]] (''ăd-ra-mit't'' ''ĭ-ŭm'' ). [[A]] seaport town of Mysia: it was an [[Athenian]] colony, and is now but a village, retaining the name ''Edremid,'' with some trade. It was in a ship of Adramyttium that Paul on his voyage to Italy sailed from [[Cæsarea]] to Myra. Acts 27:2-5. </p> | ||
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80197" /> == | == Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80197" /> == | ||
