Properly Phoenix a palm-tree (as in the R.V.), a town with a harbour on the southern side of Crete (Acts 27:12), west of the Fair Havens. It is now called Lutro.
red; purple ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
(Acts 27:12) (more properly Phoenix, as it is translated in the Revised Version), the name of a have...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary