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Paphos, a city in Cyprus famous for its temple of Aphrodite
Paphos was a significant city on the southwest coast of Cyprus, renowned in antiquity for its temple and worship of Aphrodite (Venus). Both New Testament references occur in Acts 13, describing Paul's first missionary journey. In verse 6, Paul and Barnabas travel through the whole island 'to Paphos.' In verse 13, they sail from Paphos to Perga. The city represents both a major administrative center (residence of the Roman proconsul Sergius Paulus) and a stronghold of pagan worship—making it a strategic location for gospel proclamation.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Acts 13:6 and 13:13 both use the genitive case ('of Paphos' or 'from Paphos') marking the city as destination and departure point. The translations uniformly transliterate the proper name: Spanish 'Páphos,' French 'Paphos,' German 'Πάφου.' The narrative shows Paul confronting the sorcerer Bar-Jesus there and converting the proconsul—a dramatic encounter between gospel and magic in a city steeped in goddess-worship. Paphos functions both geographically and symbolically as a stronghold of Greco-Roman paganism yielding to apostolic witness. 2×
AR["بافوسَ"]·ben["পাফোর"]·DE["Πάφου"]·EN["Paphos"]·FR["Paphos"]·heb["פָּפוֹס"]·HI["पाफुस"]·ID["Pafos"]·IT["Pafo"]·jav["Pafos", "Pafos,"]·KO["바보까지", "바보에서"]·PT["Pafos", "Pafos,"]·RU["Пафа"]·ES["Páphos"]·SW["Pafo", "Pafo,"]·TR["Pafos'a", "Pafos'tan"]·urd["پافُس"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Paphos , a town in Cyprus celebrated for its temple of Aphrodite, 8th/7th c.BC:—;adjective πάφιος, η, ον, of Aphrodite, 5th/4th c.BC (Middle Liddel)