Toponym Cyrene in the world's Bibles
Meaning of the name: a wall; coldness; the floor. Related names are: Antioch, Pamphylia, Rome . The translations of Cyrene in 78 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Cirene in Spanish to سيرين in Arabic!
Wear it!And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. (MAT 27:32)
Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, (ACT 2:10)
And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. (ACT 11:20)
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. (ACT 13:1)