Κιλικία, Κιλικία

Κιλικία — Kilikía

Κιλικία, Κιλικίας, ἡ, Cilicia, a province of Asia Minor, bounded on the north by Cappadocia, Lyesonia and Isauria, on the south by the Mediterranean, on the east by Syria, and on the west by Pamphylia. Its capital, Tarsus, was the birthplace of Paul: Act 6:9; Act 15:23; Act 15:41; Act 21:39; Act 22:3; Act 23:34; Act 27:5; Gal 1:21. (Cf. Conybeare and Howson, St. Paul, i., 19ff; Lewin, St. Paul, i., 78f.)