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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69828" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69828" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Cappadocia]] (''kăp'pa-d'' ''ô'shĭ-ah'' . The largest and most easterly province of Asia Minor. It was high table-land, intersected by ranges of mountains, sparsely wooded, but good for grain or grazing. Cappadocia was conquered by Cyrus, ruled by [[Alexander]] the Great, tributary to the Seleucidæ, and became a Roman province, a.d. 17. Some of its people were in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost, Acts 2:9, and afterward [[Christians]] of the province were addressed by Peter. 1 Peter 1:1. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72068" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72068" /> == | ||
<p> '''Cappado'cia.''' ''(province of good horses).'' Acts 2:3; 1 Peter 1:1. The largest province in ancient Asia Minor. Cappadocia is an elevated table-land, intersected by mountain chains. It seems always to have been deficient in wood, but it was a good grain country, and particularly famous for grazing. Its Roman metropolis was | <p> '''Cappado'cia.''' ''(province of good horses).'' Acts 2:3; 1 Peter 1:1. The largest province in ancient Asia Minor. Cappadocia is an elevated table-land, intersected by mountain chains. It seems always to have been deficient in wood, but it was a good grain country, and particularly famous for grazing. Its Roman metropolis was [[Caesarea]] . The native [[Cappadocians]] seem to have originally belonged to the [[Syrian]] stock. </p> | ||
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80463" /> == | == Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80463" /> == | ||
