{"query": "Easton: Greece", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_45c76ed549cc", "title": "Easton: Greece", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Orginally consisted of the four provinces of Macedonia, Epirus, Achaia, and Peleponnesus. In Acts 20:2 it designates only the Roman province of Macedonia. Greece was conquered by the Romans B.C. 146. "}, {"id": "card_n_ad613edacd25", "title": "Easton: Achaia", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The name originally of a narrow strip of territory in Greece, on the north-west of the Peloponnesus. Subsequently it was applied by the Romans to the whole Peloponnesus, now called the Morea, and the "}, {"id": "card_n_65c045a22277", "title": "Easton: Corinth", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A Grecian city, on the isthmus which joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. It is about 48 miles west of Athens. The ancient city was destroyed by the Romans (B.C. 146), and that mentioned "}, {"id": "card_c_03cb2ac781e4", "title": "Easton: Greece references Romans", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Romans. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_9b6d643fee85", "title": "Easton: Greece references Hebrews", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Hebrews. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_8e1922b517a8", "title": "Easton: Greece cites Acts", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Acts 20:2 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_ecf3eeb1d49d", "title": "Easton: Elishah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The oldest of the four sons of Javan (Gen. 10:4), whose descendants peopled Greece. It has been supposed that Elishah’s descendants peopled the Peloponnesus, which was known by the name of Elis. This "}, {"id": "card_n_9de284733d92", "title": "Easton: Rhodes", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A rose, an island to the south of the western extremity of Asia Minor, between Coos and Patara, about 46 miles long and 18 miles broad. Here the apostle probably landed on his way from Greece to Syria"}, {"id": "card_c_611a6ca17149", "title": "Easton: Greece references Achaia", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Achaia (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_e7f168a079b9", "title": "Easton: Greece references Dan", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Dan (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_42fa635e1e27", "title": "Easton: Greece references Javan", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Javan (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_673ce0951625", "title": "Easton: Greece references Macedonia", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Macedonia (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_781f0d3f8083", "title": "Easton: Greece references Paul", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Paul (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_n_0ab4301164b0", "title": "Easton: Miletus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Miletum, 2 Tim. 4:20), a seaport town and the ancient capital of Ionia, about 36 miles south of Ephesus. On his voyage from Greece to Syria, Paul touched at this port, and delivered that noble and pa"}, {"id": "card_n_2c46ba442094", "title": "Easton: Javan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) The fourth “son” of Japheth (Gen. 10:2), whose descendants settled in Greece, i.e., Ionia, which bears the name of Javan in Hebrew. Alexander the Great is called the “king of Javan” (rendered “Gr"}, {"id": "card_n_e966d7784658", "title": "Easton: Macedonia", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "In New Testament times, was a Roman province lying north of Greece. It was governed by a propraetor with the title of proconsul. Paul was summoned by the vision of the “man of Macedonia” to preach the"}, {"id": "card_n_a29a0c47b9e4", "title": "Easton: Timothy, First Epistle to", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Paul in this epistle speaks of himself as having left Ephesus for Macedonia (1:3), and hence not Laodicea, as mentioned in the subscription; but probably Philippi, or some other city in that region, w"}, {"id": "card_n_40c99943f562", "title": "Easton: Tadmor", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Palm, a city built by Solomon “in the wilderness” (2 Chr. 8:4). In 1 Kings 9:18, where the word occurs in the Authorized Version, the Hebrew text and the Revised Version read “Tamar,” which is properl"}, {"id": "card_n_953993475f68", "title": "Easton: Ahasuerus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "There are three kings designated by this name in Scripture. (1.) The father of Darius the Mede, mentioned in Dan. 9:1. This was probably the Cyaxares I. known by this name in profane history, the king"}, {"id": "card_n_fc32298ac1e8", "title": "Easton: Tyre", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A rock, now es-Sur; an ancient Phoenician city, about 23 miles, in a direct line, north of Acre, and 20 south of Sidon. Sidon was the oldest Phoenician city, but Tyre had a longer and more illustrious"}]}