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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34995" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34995" /> == | ||
<p> [[Cenchrea]] or Cenchreae. Now Kikries; from Greek Κenchri , "the millet," a grain abounding there. The harbor of [[Corinth]] on the Saronic gulf, and its channel of trade with Asia Minor, as Lechaeum, on the [[Corinthian]] gulf, was with Italy and the W. Corinth was joined by walls to Lechaeum; so that the pass between Corinth and Cenchrea (nine miles apart from one another) was the only one into the [[Morea]] from Greece. Paul sailed from Cenchrea, returning to Syria from his second missionary journey ( Acts 18:18), after having shorn his head there in fulfillment of a vow. He wrote to the Romans in his third journey, and alludes to the church at Cenchrea, of which [[Phoebe]] was "deaconess" (Greek Romans 16:1). </p> | <p> [[Cenchrea]] or Cenchreae. Now Kikries; from Greek '''''Κenchri''''' , "the millet," a grain abounding there. The harbor of [[Corinth]] on the Saronic gulf, and its channel of trade with Asia Minor, as Lechaeum, on the [[Corinthian]] gulf, was with Italy and the W. Corinth was joined by walls to Lechaeum; so that the pass between Corinth and Cenchrea (nine miles apart from one another) was the only one into the [[Morea]] from Greece. Paul sailed from Cenchrea, returning to Syria from his second missionary journey ( Acts 18:18), after having shorn his head there in fulfillment of a vow. He wrote to the Romans in his third journey, and alludes to the church at Cenchrea, of which [[Phoebe]] was "deaconess" (Greek Romans 16:1). </p> | ||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69848" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69848" /> == | ||
<p> [[Cenchrea]] (''Sĕn'Kre-Ah,'' accurately '''Cenchreæ,''' as it is spelt in the R. V.). The eastern harbor of Corinth, on the Saronic Gulf, and the emporium of its trade with the Asiatic shores of the Mediterranean, about nine miles east of that city; the western harbor was Lechæum. A church was formed at Cenchrea, of which [[Phebe]] was a deaconess. Romans 16:1. Paul sailed from, thence to Ephesus. Acts 18:18. The town was full of idolatrous monuments and shrines. It is now called Kikries. </p> | <p> [[Cenchrea]] ( ''Sĕn'Kre-Ah,'' accurately '''Cenchreæ,''' as it is spelt in the R. V.). The eastern harbor of Corinth, on the Saronic Gulf, and the emporium of its trade with the Asiatic shores of the Mediterranean, about nine miles east of that city; the western harbor was Lechæum. A church was formed at Cenchrea, of which [[Phebe]] was a deaconess. Romans 16:1. Paul sailed from, thence to Ephesus. Acts 18:18. The town was full of idolatrous monuments and shrines. It is now called Kikries. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72164" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72164" /> == | ||
