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Derbe


Duhr´bee

A city in the region of Lycaonia in central Asia Minor where Paul and Barnabas won believers at the end of their first journey through the Roman province of Galatia (Acts 14:20-21). Paul returned here during his second journey (Acts 16:1). Paul’s companion Gaius was from Derbe (Acts 20:4).

  • Powell, Mark Allan, ed. HarperCollins Bible Dictionary. Abridged Edition. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009.