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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70617" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70617" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Paphos]] (''pâ'fos'' ), ''boiling,'' or ''hot.'' Acts 13:6. [[A]] town at the west end of the island of Cyprus. It was founded b.c. 1184. Paul and Barnabas travelled, on their first missionary tour, "through the isle," from Paphos to Salamis. Acts 13:6. Paphos was given to the worship of Aphrodite or Venus, who was fabled to have here risen from the sea. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16848" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16848" /> == | ||
