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Greece

Named in 5 verses across 3 books, first in Daniel 8:21.

The dataset treats this record as another name for, or a duplicate of, Javan.

Where

Coordinates

39.0470° N, 22.9795° E

One proposed location, not an established one.

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Identification

Uncertain

The exact spot is unknown; the point is placed by a related feature nearby.

Matched to an entry in an ancient-world gazetteer, and the match was checked by the dataset’s editors. Gazetteer entry

Some biblical sites are known for certain; others are identified from old names and descriptions and are still discussed.

Dataset notes

modern borders, may not show outlines on final map

Left by the dataset’s contributors; not reviewed by us.

People

Born, died or recorded here, or in an event set here, first; then people named in the same verses, which does not mean they were here.

Paulrecorded as here, 1 event
Timotheusrecorded as here, 1 event
Aristarchusrecorded as here, 1 event
Tychicusrecorded as here, 1 event
Trophimusrecorded as here, 1 event
Sopaterrecorded as here, 1 event
Gaius (of Derbe)recorded as here, 1 event
Secundusrecorded as here, 1 event
Luke1 event
Ephraim1 shared verse

In the Bible

All 5 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Daniel

Daniel 8:21
The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
Daniel 10:20
“Do you know why I have come to you?” he said. “I must return at once to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I have gone forth, behold, the prince of Greece will come.
Daniel 11:2
Now then, I will tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. By the power of his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.

Zechariah

Zechariah 9:13
For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.

Acts

Acts 20:2
After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece,

Events here

Events the dataset sets at Greece. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

no date
Mission to Macedonia and GreeceActs 20:1–6

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

Orginally consisted of the four provinces of Macedonia, Epirus, Achaia, and Peleponnesus. In Acts 20:2 it designates only the Roman province of Macedonia. Greece was conquered by the Romans B.C. 146. After passing through various changes it was erected into an independent monarchy in 1831.

Moses makes mention of Greece under the name of Javan (Gen. 10:2-5); and this name does not again occur in the Old Testament till the time of Joel (3:6). Then the Greeks and Hebrews first came into contact in the Tyrian slave-market. Prophetic notice is taken of Greece in Dan. 8:21.

The cities of Greece were the special scenes of the labours of the apostle Paul.

In the Bible

Daniel

Zechariah

Acts

Events here

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