Acts 16:7 | View whole chapter | See verse in context. After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. 1 Peter 1:1 | View whole chapter | See verse in context. Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia ,

Bithynia (Pontus) Dictionary of Bible Names. The name Bithynia means, "violent rushing" (Strong's #G978) while the meaning of Pontus is "the sea" (#G4195). Bithynia and part of Pontus, located in the northern part of Asia Minor, were combined in 64 B.C. to form a double province.

BITHYNIA bĭ thĭn’ ĭə. Bithynia lay in NW Asia Minor, a mountainous, well-watered territory, endowed with fertile valley plains, good timber, building stone, fruit and grain together with excellent harbor facilities. Bithynia fronted the Black Sea on the N, the Bosporus and Propontis (Sea of Marmara) on the W. On the S it was bounded by Phrygia and ...

The Bithynians were a rude and uncivilized people, Thracians who had colonized this part of Asia, and occupied no towns, but lived in villages (κωμοπόλεις, Strabo, p. 566). On the east its limits underwent great modifications.

Bithynia is one of the provinces addressed in 1 Peter 1:1. Internal difficulties and disorders led to the sending of Pliny, the lawyer and literary man, as governor, 111 to 113 A.D. He found Christians under his jurisdiction in such numbers that the heathen temples were almost deserted, and the trade in sacrificial animals languished.

Oxford Bible Atlas, Fourth Edition (2007) Reader’s Digest Atlas of the Bible (1981) Rose Then and Now Bible Map Atlas (2013) Tübingen Bible Atlas (2001) Wikipedia: Bithyina and Pontus; Zondervan Atlas of the Bible (2010) Image. Credit: Perseusfs (modified) About. This page identifies the current consensus around the modern location of this biblical place.

Bithynia. Bible Dictionaries - Easton's Bible Dictionary - Bithynia. Bithynia [N] [H] [S] a province in Asia Minor, to the south of the Euxine and Propontis. Christian congregations were here formed at an early time ( 1 Peter 1:1 ). Paul was prevented by the Spirit from entering this province ( …

Bithynia is mentioned only twice in the Bible while Pontus is recorded only three times. Scripture does not record any cities within this northern Asia Minor provincial area. Jews from Pontus (Bithynia) were among the many worshippers in Jerusalem on Pentecost in 30 A.D. when God poured out his spirit upon more than 3,000 people.

Bithynia was an independent kingdom from the 4th century BC. Its capital Nicomedia was rebuilt on the site of ancient Astacus in 264 BC by Nicomedes I of Bithynia. Bithynia was bequeathed to the Roman Republic in 74 BC, and became united with the Pontus region as the province of Bithynia et Pontus.