Cyprus

Cyprus appears in 12 verses of the Bible, from Isaiah to Acts.

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Cyprus is the Mediterranean island where Barnabas was born and where Paul began his first missionary journey, winning the proconsul Sergius Paulus.

This message came to me concerning Tyre: Wail, you trading ships of Tarshish, for the harbor and houses of Tyre are gone! The rumors you heard in Cyprus are all true.
Isaiah 23:1 · Read the chapter
“Go west and look in the land of Cyprus; go east and search through the land of Kedar. Has anyone ever heard of anything as strange as this?
Jeremiah 2:10 · Read the chapter
They carved your oars from the oaks of Bashan. Your deck of pine from the coasts of Cyprus was inlaid with ivory.
Ezekiel 27:6 · Read the chapter
For instance, there was Joseph, the one the apostles nicknamed Barnabas (which means “Son of Encouragement”). He was from the tribe of Levi and came from the island of Cyprus.
Acts 4:36 · Read the chapter

Isaiah: Isa 23:1 Isa 23:12
Jeremiah: Jer 2:10
Ezekiel: Eze 27:6
Acts: Act 4:36 Act 11:19 Act 11:20 Act 13:4 Act 15:39 Act 21:3 Act 21:16 Act 27:4

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