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seleucia |
2 definitions found From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Seleucia the sea-port of Antioch, near the mouth of the Orontes Paul and his companions sailed from this port on their first missionary journey (Acts 13:4). This city was built by Seleucus Nicator, the "king of Syria." It is said of him that "few princes have ever lived with so great a passion for the building of cities. He is reputed to have built in all nine Seleucias, sixteen Antiochs, and six Laodiceas." Seleucia became a city of great importance, and was made a "free city" by Pompey. It is now a small village, called el-Kalusi. From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Seleucia, shaken or beaten by the waves
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