A seaport in Asia Minor, visited by Paul.
Adramyttium
Named in 1 verse of Acts, first in Acts 27:2.
ἈδραμυττηνόςAdramyttium
The name means “the court of death.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
About Adramyttium Written by AI
Adramyttium was a seaport on the northwest coast of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), mentioned in Act.27.2 in connection with the apostle Paul's journey to Rome as a prisoner. Paul and other prisoners were placed on a ship from Adramyttium, which was about to sail to ports along the coast of Asia Minor. The ship likely followed a common trade route, stopping at various ports to unload and load cargo and passengers. Adramyttium was located in the region of Mysia, near the island of Lesbos. It was an important port city in the Roman province of Asia and a center for trade and commerce. The city was known for its shipbuilding industry and its strategic location along the Aegean coast. Apart from its mention in Paul's journey, Adramyttium does not play any other significant role in the biblical narrative. Its inclusion in Acts 27 provides a glimpse into the maritime travel and trade networks of the Roman Empire in the first century AD.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
A city of Asia Minor on the coast of Mysia, which in early times was called AEolis. The ship in which Paul embarked at Caesarea belonged to this city (Acts 27:2). He was conveyed in it only to Myra, in Lycia, whence he sailed in an Alexandrian ship to Italy. It was a rare thing for a ship to sail from any port of Palestine direct for Italy. It still bears the name Adramyti, and is a place of some traffic.
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.
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Where the Bible names it
- Acts 27:2
We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.