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Perga

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(earthy). A city of Pamphylia (Acts 13:13¹³Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. (Acts 13:13)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

City of Pamphylia in Asia Minor. It was twice visited by Paul (Acts 13:13-14¹³Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. ¹⁴But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. (Acts 13:13‑14); Acts 14:25²⁵And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia: (Acts 14:25)). Its ruins are called Eski-Kalesi.

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Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

4011 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

Πέργη

Transliteration:

Perge

Phonic:

perg’-ay

Meaning:

probably from the same as 4010; a tower; Perga, a place in Asia Minor

KJV Usage:

Perga

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

much earth: very earthy

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

All earthy; tower:―a city of Pamphylia, Acts 13:13. {Omnino terrenus}