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SALAMIS

(Gk. Salamís)

A major port city on the eastern coast of Cyprus, 5 km. (3 mi.) N of Famagusta near modern Seryios. According to tradition, Salamis was founded by Teucer after the Trojan War. The town possessed a good harbor and was the chief city of Cyprus through the Roman period, even though Paphos, on the west coast, was the capital of Cyprus. On the first missionary journey Barnabas, a native Cypriote (Acts 4:36), led Paul and John Mark to Salamis, where they began to preach the gospel in the city’s synagogues (13:5). On the second missionary journey Barnabas and Mark parted company with Paul and returned to Cyprus, likely putting in at Salamis (Acts 15:39). Tradition claims that Barnabas was martyred at Salamis in a.d. 61.

Mark R. Fairchild






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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