Topic
Libya
4 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Acts 2:10Easton · Smith · Nave Region north of Egypt
Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
- Genesis 10:13Easton
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
- Ezekiel 30:5Nave Region north of Egypt
Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
- Ezekiel 38:5Nave Region north of Egypt
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
The country of the Ludim (Gen. 10:13), Northern Africa, a large tract lying along the Mediterranean, to the west of Egypt (Acts 2:10). Cyrene was one of its five cities.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.