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Lycaonian
Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.
The language of Lycaonia, the city where crowds mistook Paul and Barnabas for deities. It is now a lost language and is mentioned only once in the Bible (Acts 14:11).
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The Lexham Bible Dictionary
Lycaonian
Lycaonian (Λυκαονιστί, Lykaonisti). The language of Lycaonia, the city where crowds mistook Paul and Barnabas for deities. It is now a lost language and is mentioned only once in the Bible (Acts 14:11).
Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Lycaonian
LYCAONIAN [lick uh OHN ih un] — the language or speech of the people of Lycaonia, a province of Asia Minor (Acts 14:11). When the apostle Paul healed a crippled man at Lystra, a city of Lycaonia, the people said in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!” (Acts
Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Lycaonian
LYCAONIAN (Lĭc ā ōʹ nĭ ȧn) Citizen of or language of Lycaonia. See Lycaonia.