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iconium |
2 definitions found From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Iconium the capital of ancient Lycaonia. It was first visited by Paul and Barnabas from Antioch-in-Pisidia during the apostle's first missionary journey (Acts 13:50, 51). Here they were persecuted by the Jews, and being driven from the city, they fled to Lystra. They afterwards returned to Iconium, and encouraged the church which had been founded there (14:21,22). It was probably again visited by Paul during his third missionary journey along with Silas (18:23). It is the modern Konieh at the foot of Mount Taurus, about 120 miles inland from the Mediterranean. From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Iconium, coming
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