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Place

Tyre

Phoenician city

Coastal city addressed in prophetic oracles and visited in Gospel narratives.

56 appearances19 Bible books1 known aliases

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Phoenician island-city on the Mediterranean coast renowned for its merchants, sailors, and craftsmen and for its purple dye and cedar trade. of Tyre supplies and with timber and skilled artisans for the palace and temple, but the prophets later turn against the city for its slave trading and its gloating at 's misfortunes. devotes three long chapters to Tyre's fall, picturing it as a magnificent ship wrecked at sea, and in the Gospels withdraws to the region of Tyre and where he heals the Syrophoenician woman's daughter.

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Modern location: Tyre. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.

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