Bithynia

William Smith's Bible Dictionary

a Roman province of Asia Minor. Mentioned only in (Acts 16:7) and in 1Pet 1:1 The chief town of Bithynia was Nicaea, celebrated for the general Council of the Church held there in A.D. 325 against the Arian heresy.

Related Words

Bithynia
BITHY´NIA(Βιθυνία, Βιθυνίς), a division of Asia Minor, which occupied the eastern part of the coast ...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Bithynia
Bīthȳnĭa, ae, f., = Βιθυνία, I a very fruitful province in Asia Minor , between the Propontis and t...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Bithynia
violent precipitation ...

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Bithynia
A province in Asia Minor, to the south of the Euxine and Propontis. Christian congregations were her...

Easton's Bible Dictionary