Joppa
Joppa appears in 14 verses of the Bible, from Joshua to Acts.
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- Near Jaffa, 55 km northwest of Jerusalem
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In the Bible dictionary
Joppa is the ancient port of Israel, today Jaffa, where Jonah fled by ship, Peter raised Tabitha and saw the vision that opened the gospel to the Gentiles.
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Me-jarkon, Rakkon, and the territory across from Joppa.
Joshua 19:46 · Read the chapter -
We will cut whatever timber you need from the Lebanon mountains and will float the logs in rafts down the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to Joppa. From there you can transport the logs up to Jerusalem.”
2 Chronicles 2:16 · Read the chapter -
Then the people hired masons and carpenters and bought cedar logs from the people of Tyre and Sidon, paying them with food, wine, and olive oil. The logs were brought down from the Lebanon mountains and floated along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to Joppa, for King Cyrus had given permission for this.
Ezra 3:7 · Read the chapter -
But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the Lord. He went down to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the Lord by sailing to Tarshish.
Jonah 1:3 · Read the chapter -
There was a believer in Joppa named Tabitha (which in Greek is Dorcas). She was always doing kind things for others and helping the poor.
Acts 9:36 · Read the chapter
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