Bible Dictionary: Jaffa

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Quaker City Excursion
... From Beirut we sailed down the coast of Palestine, passing Tyre and Sidon.
The steamer anchored off the harbour of Jaffa. Three ...
/.../griswold/sixty years with plymouth church/quaker city excursion.htm

The Good Shepherd.
... The shepherd was going before the sheep, and they followed as he led the way to
the Jaffa gate; we could not but remember the Savior's words: 'When he putteth ...
/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/the good shepherd.htm

A Strain of Jonah the Prophet.
... ver.; perhaps Tartessus in Spain. For this question, and the "trustiness" of Joppa
(now Jaffa) as a port, see Pusey on Jonah 1:3. [1204] Ejusdem per signa Dei. ...
/.../fathers of the third century tertullian appendix/1 a strain of jonah.htm

The Life of St. George Martyr
... Jerusalem taken by his help. And between Jerusalem and port Jaffa, by a
town called Ramys, is a chapel of St. George which is now ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the life of st george.htm

The First Chaldaean Empire and the Hyksos in Egypt
... The region of dunes is not necessarily barren, and the towns situated in it"Gaza,
Jaffa, Ashdod, and Ascalon"are surrounded by flourishing orchards and ...
/.../chapter ithe first chaldaean empire.htm

Canaan
... Southward were Dor and Joppa, the modern Jaffa, while inland were Zemar and Arqa,
mentioned in the Book of Genesis and the Tel el-Amarna correspondence, but ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter ii canaan.htm

The Eighteenth Theban Dynasty --(Continued)
... More than three centuries after it was still related how one of them, by name Thutii,
had reduced and humbled Jaffa, whose chief had refused to come to terms. ...
/.../chapter ithe eighteenth theban dynastycontinued.htm

In Judaea
... There can be no question of the situation of Joppa, the modern Jaffa, where Peter
saw the vision which opened the door of the Church to the Gentiles. ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/chapter 5 in judaea.htm

The Close of the Theban Empire
... the banks of some river. He rejoined his ships, probably at Jaffa, and
made straight for the enemy. The latter were encamped on ...
/.../chapter iiithe close of the.htm

Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
... the Nile to the Euphrates: first section from Zalu to Gaza-The Canaanites: their
fortresses, their agricultural character: the forest between Jaffa and Mount ...
/.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm

Thesaurus

Jaffa (10 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Jaffa (10 Occurrences). ... (WEY). Acts 9:42 This incident
became known throughout Jaffa, and many believed in the Lord; (WEY). ...
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Jabneel (2 Occurrences)
... Built by God. (1.) A town in the north boundary of Judah (Joshua 15:11), called
afterwards by the Greeks Jamnia, the modern Yebna, 11 miles south of Jaffa. ...
/j/jabneel.htm - 11k

Emmaus (1 Occurrence)
... Midrash. It is now the modern mud-village of `Amwas, 20 miles along, and
a little North of, the main road from Jerusalem to Jaffa. ...
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Sharon (9 Occurrences)
... Nahr el-`Aujeh enters the sea to the North of Jaffa; Nahr Iskanderuneh 7 miles,
and Nahr el-Mefjir fully 2 miles South of Caesarea; and Nahr ez-Zerqa, the ...
/s/sharon.htm - 13k

Joppa (14 Occurrences)
... 43). It bears the modern name of Jaffa, and exibituds all the decrepitude
and squalor of cities ruled over by the Turks. "Scarcely ...
/j/joppa.htm - 17k

Jabneh (1 Occurrence)
... is now represented by the modern village of Yebna which stands upon a hill a little
to the South of the Nahr Rubin, about 12 or 13 miles South of Jaffa, on the ...
/j/jabneh.htm - 10k

Staying (39 Occurrences)
... (WEB DBY NAS RSV NIV). Acts 9:43 and Peter remained for a considerable time at Jaffa,
staying at the house of a man called Simon, a tanner. (WEY). ...
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Salim (1 Occurrence)
... 14:8), and "the sea of the Philis" (Exodus 23:31), which, of course, applies especially
to the part washing the shore of Philistia, from Jaffa southward. ...
/s/salim.htm - 15k

Fetch (45 Occurrences)
... jail to fetch the Apostles. (WEY). Acts 10:5 And now send to Jaffa and fetch
Simon, surnamed Peter. (WEY ASV DBY). Acts 10:32 Send ...
/f/fetch.htm - 24k

Hinnom (11 Occurrences)
... The Wady er-Rababi commences in a shallow, open valley due West of the Jaffa Gate,
in the center of which lies the Birket Mamilla; near the Jaffa Gate it turns ...
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Bible Concordance

Jaffa (10 Occurrences)

Acts 9:36 Among the disciples at Jaffa was a woman called Tabitha, or, as the name may be translated, 'Dorcas.' Her life was wholly devoted to the good and charitable actions which she was constantly doing.
(WEY)

Acts 9:38 Lud, however, being near Jaffa, the disciples, who had heard that Peter was at Lud, sent two men to him with an urgent request that he would come across to them without delay.
(WEY)

Acts 9:42 This incident became known throughout Jaffa, and many believed in the Lord;
(WEY)

Acts 9:43 and Peter remained for a considerable time at Jaffa, staying at the house of a man called Simon, a tanner.
(WEY)

Acts 10:5 And now send to Jaffa and fetch Simon, surnamed Peter.
(WEY)

Acts 10:8 and, after telling them everything, he sent them to Jaffa.
(WEY)

Acts 10:23 Upon hearing this, Peter invited them in, and gave them a lodging. The next day he set out with them, some of the brethren from Jaffa going with him,
(WEY)

Acts 10:32 Send therefore to Jaffa, and invite Simon, surnamed Peter, to come here. He is staying as a guest in the house of Simon, a tanner, close to the sea.'
(WEY)

Acts 11:5 "While I was in the town of Jaffa, offering prayer," he said, "in a trance I saw a vision. There descended what seemed to be an enormous sail, being let down from the sky by ropes at the four corners, and it came close to me.
(WEY)

Acts 11:13 Then he described to us how he had seen the angel come and enter his house and say, "'Send to Jaffa and fetch Simon, surnamed Peter.
(WEY)

Subtopics

Jaffa

Related Terms

Jabneel (2 Occurrences)

Emmaus (1 Occurrence)

Sharon (9 Occurrences)

Joppa (14 Occurrences)

Jabneh (1 Occurrence)

Staying (39 Occurrences)

Salim (1 Occurrence)

Fetch (45 Occurrences)