Dictionaries :: Trogyllium

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Trogyllium:

a town on the western coast of Asia Minor, where Paul "tarried" when on his way from Assos to Miletus, on his third missionary journey (Act 20:15).

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Trogyllium:

tro-jil'-i-um, tro-gil'-i-um (Trogullion): According to Ac 20:15 the King James Version, the American Revised Version margin, the ship in which Paul sailed to Caesatea on his return from his 3rd missionary journey tarried at Trogyllium. Several of the early manuscripts omit the words, "tarried at Trogyllium" (Westcott and Hort omit as "Western" interpolation); yet, whether the words belonged to the text or not, Paul evidently passed the promontory, and probably stopped there. From the coast near Miletus the promontory projects into the sea toward the island of Samos; the strait separating the mainland from the island is scarcely a mile wide. It was in this strait which is now called Kutchuk Boghaz by the Turks that the battle of Mycale was fought in 479 BC. The promontory now bears the name of Santa Maria, and the place of anchorage is called Saint Paul's port.

Written by E. J. Banks

Nave's Topical Bible

Trogyllium: Definition Of

A town and promontory in Caria, of Asia Minor

Trogyllium: Visited by Paul

Act 20:15 [R.V. omits Trogyllium]

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Trogyllium:

is the rocky extremity of the ridge of Mycale, exactly opposite Samos (Acts 20:15). A little to the east of the extreme point there is an anchorage, which is still called St. Paul's port. SEE [SAMOS].