Bible Cities: Salamis
Ancient Salamis

Salamis in Easton's Bible Dictionary
a city on the south-east coast of Cyprus (Acts 13:5), where
Saul and Barnabas, on their first missionary journey, preached
the word in one of the Jewish synagogues, of which there seem
to have been several in that place. It is now called
Famagusta.
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Salamis in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
A city on a commodious harbour in the E. of Cyprus, the first
place Paul and Barnabas visited after leaving the mainland at
Seleucia, on their first missionary tour. The "synagogues"
(implying the presence of many Jews) account for their going
there first. Moreover Cyprus was Barnabas' birthplace (Acts
13:4-5). Herod the Great farmed the Cyprian copper mines, this
would bring many Jews there (Josephus, Ant. 14:4, section 5).
Salamis was near the river Pediaeus, on low ground.
Constantine or his successor rebuilt it, and named it
Constantia.
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Salamis in Hitchcock's Bible Names
shaken; test; beaten
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Salamis in Naves Topical Bible
(A city of the island of Cyprus)
-Paul and Barnabas preach in
Ac 13:4,5
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Salamis in Smiths Bible Dictionary
(suit), a city at the east end of the island of Cyprus, and
the first place visited by Paul and Barnabas, on the first
missionary journey, after leaving the mainland at Seleucia.
Here alone, among all the Greek cities visited by St. Paul, we
read expressly of "synagogues" in the plural, Ac 13:5 hence we
conclude that there were many Jews in Cyprus. And this is in
harmony with what we read elsewhere. Salamis was not far from
the modern Famagousta, it was situated near a river called the
Pediaeus, on low ground, which is in fact a continuation of
the plain running up into the interior toward the place where
Nicosia, the present capital of Cyprus, stands.
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Salamis in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE
sal'-a-mis (Salamis):
1. Site:
A town on the east coast of Cyprus, situated some 3 miles to
the North of the medieval and modern Famagusta. It lay near
the river Pediaeus, at the eastern extremity of the great
plain of the Mesorea, which runs far into the interior of
the island toward Nicosia (Lefkosia), the present capital.
It possessed a good harbor and was the most populous and
flourishing town of Cyprus in the Hellenic and Roman
periods, carrying on a vigorous trade with the ports of
Cilicia and Syria. Its population was mixed, consisting of
Greek and Phoenician elements. The former, however, gave its
tone and color to the city, and the chief cult and temple
were those of Salaminian Zeus.
2. Early History:
Tradition represented Salamis as rounded soon after the fall
of Troy by Teucer, the prince of Greek archers according to
the narrative of the Iliad, who named it after his home, the
island of Salamis off the Attic coast. In the 6th century BC
it figures as an important Hellenic city, ruled by a line of
kings reputed to be descended from Teucer and strengthened
by an alliance with Cyrene (Herodotus iv.162). Gorgus, who
was on the throne in 498 BC, refused to join the Ionic
revolt against Persia, but the townsmen, led by his brother
Onesilus, took up arms in the struggle for freedom. A
crushing defeat, however, inflicted udder the walls of
Salamis, restored the island to its Persian overlords, who
reinstated Gorgus as a vassal prince (Herodotus v.103 ff).
In 449 a Greek fleet under Athenian leadership defeated the
Phoenician navy, which was in the service of Persia, off
Salamis; but the Athenian withdrawal which followed the
battle led to a decided anti-Hellenic reaction, until the
able and vigorous rule of the Salaminian prince Euagoras,
who was a warm friend of the Athenians (Isocrates, Euag.)
and a successful champion of Hellenism. In 306 a second
great naval battle was fought off Salamis, in which
Demetrius Poliorcetes defeated the forces of Ptolemy I
(Soter), king of Egypt. But 11 years later the town came
into Ptolemy's hands and, with the rest of the island,
remained an appanage of the Egyptian kingdom until the
incorporation of Cyprus in the Roman Empire (58 BC).
3. Visit of the Apostles:
When Barnabas and Paul, accompanied by John Mark, set out on
their 1st missionary journey, they sailed from Seleucia, the
seaport of Antioch, and landed at Salamis, about 130 miles
distant, as the harbor nearest to the Syrian coast. There
they preached...
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Salamis Scripture - Acts 13:5
And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God
in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to
[their] minister.
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