This word is used in the New Testament, (Acts 18:2; 27:1; Hebrews 13:24) in the usual sense of the period, i.e. in its true geographical sense, as denoting the whole natural peninsula between the Alps and the Straits of Messina.
abounding with calves or heifers ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Acts 18:2; 27:1, 6; Heb. 13:24), like most geographical names, was differently used at different per...
Easton's Bible Dictionary