Tyre

Phoenicia · today Sur

A Phoenician city of sea trade. Paul spends seven days here, and the disciples try to persuade him not to go up to Jerusalem.

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ANCIENT NAMES

Ṣor Biblical Hebrew
Τύρος Tyros Greek
Ṣūru Akkadian

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city known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH SIDON · JERUSALEM · BABYLON 1 · CYPRUS AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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