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Ephesus. Ephesus (Greek: Ἔφεσος Ephesos) was a Greek city on the west coast of Anatolia. Paul of Tarsus lived there for several years, and also wrote an Epistle to the Ephesians. One of the Seven churches of Asia to whom the first part of the Book of Revelation is addressed ( Revelation 2:1–7 ). The author praises the Ephesians for ...
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [ 1][ 2][ 3] or later ...
Antioch – In Asia Minor. Arabia – (in biblical times and until the 7th century AD Arabia was confined to the Arabian Peninsula) Aram / Aramea – (Modern Syria) Arbela (Erbil/Irbil) – Assyrian city. Archevite. Armenia – Indo-European kingdom of eastern Asia Minor and southern Caucasus. Arrapkha – Assyrian city, modern Kirkuk.
The Judea and Samaria Area covers a portion of the territory designated by the biblical names of Judea and Samaria. Both names are tied to the ancient Israelite kingdoms: the former corresponds to part of the Kingdom of Judah, also known as the Southern Kingdom; and the latter corresponds to part of the Kingdom of Samaria, also known as the ...
In the 1876 and 1921 LDS editions, the real names were published in parentheses following the code names, and the 1981 LDS edition printed only the real names. The Community of Christ edition still uses the code names, with a key to their identities suggested in the section headings. Code names for people. Ahashdah: Newel K. Whitney
Four letters, fifty letters apart, starting from the first taw on the first verse, form the word תורה ( Torah ). The Bible code ( Hebrew: הצופן התנ"כי, hatzofen hatanachi ), also known as the Torah code, is a purported set of encoded words within a Hebrew text of the Torah that, according to proponents, has predicted significant ...
The following tables list the population details of various states. The columns include the hierarchical administrative subdivision codes, [8] the district name, district headquarters, 2011 census population, [9] area in square kilometres, and the population density per square kilometre. [9]
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