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Cenchrea
Millet, the eastern harbour of Corinth, from which it was distant about 9 miles east, and the outlet for its trade with the Asiatic shores of the Mediterranean. When Paul returned from his second missionary journey to Syria, he sailed from this port (Acts 18:18). In Rom 16:1 he speaks as if there were at the time of his writing that epistle an organized church there. The western harbour of Corinth was Lechaeum, about a mile and a half from the city. It was the channel of its trade with Italy and the west.
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- Acts 18:18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
- Romans 16:1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
- Romans 16:27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
