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Used of the islands and coastlands of the eastern Mediterranean and, especially by Isaiah, as a more general term indicating distant nations that are called upon to respond to God. Several specific islands are mentioned in the NT.
Isa 11:11 See also Isa 42:10; Isa 60:9; Jer 2:10-11; Jer 31:10; Eze 26:15-18; Eze 27:3-7; Da 11:18,29-30
Nations who do not know God Isa 66:19 See also Isa 41:1; Isa 49:1
Nations who are not beyond God’s law and judgment Isa 59:18 See also Eze 25:16-17; Eze 39:6; Rev 6:12-14; Rev 16:17-20
Nations called to respond to God Isa 42:10-12 See also Isa 24:15; Isa 42:4; Isa 51:4-5
Cos Ac 21:1
Crete Ac 27:7-26; Tit 1:5,12
Cyprus Ac 4:36; Ac 11:19-21; Ac 13:4-12; Ac 15:39; Ac 21:16
Kios Ac 20:15
Malta Ac 27:39-28:11
Patmos Rev 1:9
Rhodes Ac 21:1
Samos Ac 20:15
Samothrace Ac 16:11
Sicily Ac 28:12 Syracuse was the leading city of Sicily.
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