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Cyprus

Cyprus (Biblical Place • 35.018°N, 33.208°E): island. Referenced in Isa 23:1 , Isa 23:12 , Jer 2:10 , Ezek 27:6 , Acts 4:36 . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Early Church, Acts & Pauline Epistles—Following the ascension of Yeshua and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost in Acts 1 –2, the apostolic community spread from Jerusalem and Judea to Samaria , Antioch , Corinth , Ephesus , and Rome , documented across Acts and the twenty-one New Testament Epistles.

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Shem (Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah ): ( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 ) (mentioned in Genesis 5 , Genesis 6 , Genesis 7 ) Eber (or Heber ) (Generation 14 • Messianic Line • Child of Shelah ): ( Genesis 10:24 , 1 Chronicles 1:18 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:17-18 ) Eber/Heber is the person who became the father of the Hebrews . Abram was the first to be called a Hebrew in Scripture ( Genesis 14:13 ). (mentioned in Genesis 10 , Genesis 11 , Genesis 14 ) Abram/Abraham (Generation 20 • Messianic Line • Child of Terah ): ( Genesis 11:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:26-27 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 25:7-10 ) G-d renamed Abram to Abraham ( Genesis 17:5 ). Abram was the first person called 'Hebrew' in the Bible ( Genesis 14:13 ). Abram was born 1948 years from the creation of the world. (mentioned in Genesis 11 , Genesis 14 , Genesis 17 ) Peleg (Generation 15 • Messianic Line • Child of Eber (or Heber)): ( Genesis 10:25 , 1 Chronicles 1:19 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:18-19 ) The first person of Scripture's genealogies to die after the Flood was someone born after the Flood : Peleg . (mentioned in Genesis 10 , Genesis 11 , 1 Chronicles 1 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Cyprus (island. Referenced in Isa 23:1 , Isa 23:12 , Jer 2:10 , Ezek 27:6 , Acts 4:36 .) Kittim (Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 24:24 , Dan 11:30 (identified with Cyprus ).) Elishah (Ancient biblical location referenced in Ezek 27:7 (identified with Cyprus).) Paphos (Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 13:6 , Acts 13:13 .) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: The Cyrus Cylinder — Ancient barrel-shaped baked clay cylinder inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on behalf of King Cyrus the Great after his conquest of Babylon in 539 BC, recording his policy of restoring exiled peoples and sacred temple vessels to their homelands—paralleling the decree in Ezra 1:1–4 and 2 Chronicles 36:22–23 .

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Acts 27:4 : "And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus , because the winds were contrary."; Acts 13:4 : "So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia ; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus ."; Acts 4:36 : "And Joses , who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,". Related canonical books and chapters: Acts 21 ( Acts • Chapter 21 (40 verses)), Acts 27 ( Acts • Chapter 27 (44 verses)), The First Book of the Maccabees 15 ( The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 15 (41 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

Cyprus
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 35.018°N, 33.208°E

island. Referenced in Isa 23:1 , Isa 23:12 , Jer 2:10 , Ezek 27:6 , Acts 4:36 .

Kittim
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Biblical Place • Cyprus • 35.018°N, 33.208°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 24:24 , Dan 11:30 (identified with Cyprus ).

Elishah
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Biblical Place • Cyprus • 35.018°N, 33.208°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ezek 27:7 (identified with Cyprus ).

Acts 21
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Acts • Chapter 21 (40 verses)

And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes , and from thence unto Patara : And finding a ship sailing over unto Phoenicia , we went aboard, and set forth. Now when we had dis... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , James ( Jacob ), Moses , Jacob/Israel , Rhodes , Patara , Phoenicia , Cyprus , Syria .

Acts 27
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Acts • Chapter 27 (44 verses)

And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy , they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. And entering into a ship of Adramyttium , we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia ; one Aristarchus, a Macedon... Mentions: Italy , Adramyttium , Asia , Thessalonica , Sidon .

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 15 (41 verses)

And Antiochus son of Demetrius the king sent letters from the isles of the sea to Simon the priest and governor of the Jews, and to all the nation; and the contents thereof were after this manner: King Antiochus to Simon the chief priest and governor, and to the nation of the J... Mentions: Simon, Jerusalem , Dor , Rome , Samos , Pamphylia .

The Second Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 12 (45 verses)

So when these covenants had been made, Lysias departed to the king, and the Jews went about their husbandry. But certain of the governors of districts, Timotheus and Apollonius the son of Gennaeus, and Hieronymus also and Demophon, and beside them Nicanor the governor of Cyprus ... Mentions: Judas , Joshua , Cyprus , Joppa , Jerusalem , Jericho , Ephron 1 .

Acts 11
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Acts • Chapter 11 (30 verses)

And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem , they that were of the circumcision contended with him, Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. Mentions: Simon , Yeshua the Messiah , Saul , Jerusalem , Joppa , Caesarea , Phoenicia , Cyprus .

Acts 13
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Acts • Chapter 13 (52 verses)

Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene , and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul . As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost... Mentions: Simeon , Saul , Jacob/Israel , Canaan , Samuel , Antioch 1 , Cyrene , Seleucia , Cyprus , Salamis .

The Second Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 10 (38 verses)

And Maccabaeus and they that were with him, the Lord leading them on, recovered the temple and the city; and they pulled down the altars that had been built in the marketplace by the aliens, and also the walls of sacred inclosures. And having cleansed the sanctuary they made ano... Mentions: Simon , Joseph , Jacob/Israel , Phoenicia , Cyprus , Jerusalem , Asia .

Acts 4
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Acts • Chapter 4 (37 verses)

And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , David , Joses , Jerusalem , Nazareth , Cyprus .

Wiki Article • New Testament & Messiah

Following the ascension of Yeshua and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost in Acts 1 –2, the apostolic community spread from Jerusalem and Judea to Samaria , Antioch , Corinth , Ephesus , and Rome , documented across Acts and the twenty-one New Testament Epistles.

Acts 15
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Acts • Chapter 15 (41 verses)

And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses , ye cannot be saved. When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certa... Mentions: Moses , Yeshua the Messiah , James ( Jacob ), Simon , David , Jerusalem , Phoenicia , Samaria , Antioch 1 , Syria .

Paphos
71% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 34.754°N, 32.400°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 13:6 , Acts 13:13 .

Interactive 3D Cuneiform Artifact • Ezra 1:1–4

Ancient barrel-shaped baked clay cylinder inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on behalf of King Cyrus the Great after his conquest of Babylon in 539 BC, recording his policy of restoring exiled peoples and sacred temple vessels to their homelands—paralleling the decree in Ezra 1:1–4 and 2 Chronicles 36:22–23 .

Cauda
68% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 34.844°N, 24.092°E

island; now Gavdos; http://www.creteisland.gr/english/chania/selino/gavdos/. Referenced in Acts 27:16 .

Pul
67% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Cyrene • 32.825°N, 21.858°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Isa 66:19 (identified with Cyrene ).

Cyrene
66% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.825°N, 21.858°E

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrene%2C_Libya. Referenced in Matt 27:32 , Mark 15:21 , Luke 23:26 , Acts 2:10 , Acts 11:20 .

θυρίς
thyris
G2376 Greek
a window

a window. Primary meaning: a window. Strong's: an aperture, i.e. window. Lexical nuances: a window : Ac 20:9 , II Co 11:33 .†

Syrtis
58% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.767°N, 18.506°E

water; from harper; now Sidra. Referenced in Acts 27:17 .

כֹּפֶר
koper
H3724 Hebrew
ransom, redemption price, bribe

ransom, redemption price, bribe. Ransom price, redemption fee paid to deliver a forfeited life from death; basis of redemption where innocent substitute pays price.

Shem
57% Messianic Line
Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah

( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 )

1 Esdras 2
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1 Esdras • Chapter 2 (30 verses)

In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremy might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians, and he made proclamation through all his kingdom, and also by writing, saying, Thus says Cyrus k... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Benjamin , Jerusalem , Babylon , Samaria , Phoenicia , Syria .

Eber (or Heber)
57% Messianic Line
Generation 14 • Messianic Line • Child of Shelah

( Genesis 10:24 , 1 Chronicles 1:18 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:17-18 ) Eber/Heber is the person who became the father of the Hebrews . Abram was the first to be called a Hebrew in Scripture ( Genesis 14:13 ).

Abram/Abraham
57% Messianic Line
Generation 20 • Messianic Line • Child of Terah

( Genesis 11:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:26-27 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 25:7-10 ) G-d renamed Abram to Abraham ( Genesis 17:5 ). Abram was the first person called 'Hebrew' in the Bible ( Genesis 14:13 ). Abram was born 1948 years from the creation of the world.

Peleg
57% Messianic Line
Generation 15 • Messianic Line • Child of Eber (or Heber)

( Genesis 10:25 , 1 Chronicles 1:19 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:18-19 ) The first person of Scripture's genealogies to die after the Flood was someone born after the Flood : Peleg.

Αἰνέας
Aineas
G0132 Greek
Æneas

Æneas. Primary meaning: Æneas. Strong's: Ænĕas, an Israelite. Lexical nuances: Æneas : Ac 9:33 , 34 .†

Jephunneh
56% Gen 25
Generation 25 • Child of Shelah

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife, Shua, was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 28:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

παρουσία
parousia
G3952 Greek
a being present, presence, a coming

a being present, presence, a coming. Primary meaning: a being present, presence, a coming, arrival. Strong's: a being near, i.e. advent (often, return; specially, of Christ to punish Jerusalem, or finally the wicked); (by implication) physically, aspect. Lexical nuances: usually in cl., a being present , presence : I Co 16:17 , II Co 10:10 ; opp. to ἀπουσία , Phl 2:12 (cf. II Mac 15:21 ).

Perez
56% Messianic Line
Generation 24 • Messianic Line • Child of Judah

( Genesis 38:29 , Genesis 46:12 , Numbers 26:20 , 1 Chronicles 2:4 , 1 Chronicles 4:1 )Perez was the twin brother of Zerah . ( Genesis 38:29-30 )

Caleb
56% Gen 26
Generation 26 • Child of Jephunneh

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife (Shua's daughter) was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 38:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

אוֹת
ot
H226 Hebrew
sign, token, pledge, memorial

sign, token, pledge, memorial. Sign, pledge, visible memorial token verifying divine covenants (rainbow, circumcision, sabbath).

Acts 16
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Acts • Chapter 16 (40 verses)

Then came he to Derbe and Lystra : and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium . Him would Paul have to... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Derbe , Lystra, Iconium , Jerusalem , Phrygia .

Eleazar
55% Gen 27
Generation 27 • Child of Aaron

( Exodus 6:23 , Numbers 3:2 , Numbers 26:60 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 6:50 , 24:1 , Ezra 7:5 ) Moses , Aaron , and his sons were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, toward the sunrise ( Numbers 3:38 ).

Ithamar
55% Gen 27
Generation 27 • Child of Aaron

( Exodus 6:23 , Numbers 3:2 , Numbers 26:60 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 1 Chronicles 24:1 ) Moses , Aaron , and his sons were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, toward the sunrise ( Numbers 3:38 ).

פַּר
par
H6499 Hebrew
young bull, steer, premier sacrificial victim

young bull, steer, premier sacrificial victim. Young bull; premier sacrificial victim prescribed for high priest's sin offering, whole congregation sin offering, and Day of Atonement.

Scripture Passages (24)

Acts 27:4 (KJV)
Acts 27 KJV

And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus , because the winds were contrary.

So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia ; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus .

And Joses , who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus ,

And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene , which, when they were come to Antioch , spake unto the Greeks, preaching the Lord Jesus .

And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark , and sailed unto Cyprus ;

Acts 21:16 (KJV)
Acts 21 KJV

There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea , and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus , an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.

Acts 21:3 (KJV)
Acts 21 KJV

Now when we had discovered Cyprus , we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria , and landed at Tyre : for there the ship was to unlade her burden.

Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia , and Cyprus , and Antioch , preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.

My beloved is a cluster of Cyprus grapes to me, in the vineyards of Engaddi.

Acts 27:12 (KJV)
Acts 27 KJV

And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete , and lieth toward the south west and north west.

As an olive tree budding forth fruits, And as a cypress growing high among the clouds.

and cars to them of Sidon and Tyre , that they should bring cedar trees from Libanus, and convey them in floats to the haven of Joppa , according to the commandment which was written for them by Cyrus king of the Persians.

They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre , to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa , according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia .

Whence coming to Apollonius, the military governor of Syria , and Phoenicia , and Cilicia , he said,

Acts 27:7 (KJV)
Acts 27 KJV

And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus , the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete , over against Salmone ;

Open thy doors, O Lebanon , that the fire may devour thy cedars.

Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon ; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.

Phrygia , and Pamphylia , in Egypt , and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene , and strangers of Rome , Jews and proselytes,

The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon .

Acts 27:6 (KJV)
Acts 27 KJV

And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy ; and he put us therein.

He wrote letters also to all the governors that were in Coelesyria and Phoenicia , and to them in Libanus, that they should bring cedar wood from Libanus to Jerusalem , and that they should build the city with him.

(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria .)

Acts 27:13 (KJV)
Acts 27 KJV

And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete .

And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene , Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.

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