{
  "id": "dict_005044",
  "term": "Salamis",
  "slug": "salamis",
  "letter": "S",
  "entry_type": "biblical_place_name",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "Salamis was a city on Cyprus where Paul and Barnabas began preaching during the first missionary journey.",
  "simple_one_line": "A city on Cyprus mentioned in Acts as an early missionary stop for Paul and Barnabas.",
  "tooltip_text": "City on Cyprus where Paul and Barnabas preached in the synagogues (Acts 13:5).",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [
    "Acts",
    "Barnabas",
    "Paul",
    "Cyprus",
    "Seleucia",
    "Synagogue",
    "John Mark"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Acts 13:4-5",
    "First missionary journey",
    "Cyprus"
  ],
  "lede_intro": "Salamis was a major city on the eastern side of Cyprus and an early stop on Paul and Barnabas’s first missionary journey.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "Salamis is a biblical place-name, not a theological concept. In Acts 13, it is the city where Paul and Barnabas first preached on Cyprus.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "Located on the island of Cyprus",
    "Mentioned in Acts 13:4-5",
    "Paul and Barnabas preached there in the Jewish synagogues",
    "Helps trace the early spread of the gospel in the book of Acts"
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "Salamis was an important city on Cyprus and appears in Acts as an early stop in the missionary work of Paul and Barnabas. According to Acts 13:5, they proclaimed the word of God there in the synagogues of the Jews, with John also assisting them. The term refers to a biblical place, not a theological concept.",
  "description_academic_full": "Salamis was a city on the eastern side of Cyprus mentioned in Acts 13:5 during the first missionary journey of Paul and Barnabas. After sailing from Seleucia, they arrived at Salamis and began proclaiming the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, with John also assisting them. This brief reference shows both the city’s significance in Cyprus and the apostles’ customary pattern of beginning ministry where Jewish hearers were present. Scripture gives no extended account of the results of their preaching there, but the mention of Salamis helps trace the early spread of the gospel through the eastern Mediterranean. As a place-name, it should be classified as a biblical location rather than a doctrinal term.",
  "background_biblical_context": "In Acts 13:4-5, Salamis appears at the opening of Paul and Barnabas’s first missionary journey. They traveled to Cyprus, arrived at Salamis, and preached in the Jewish synagogues. The passage highlights the orderly advance of apostolic mission and the use of synagogue witness as an initial point of contact.",
  "background_historical_context": "Salamis was an important city in ancient Cyprus and a natural harbor-centered center of activity in the eastern Mediterranean. Its location made it a strategic stop for travel and trade, which fits the missionary movement described in Acts.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "The presence of synagogues in Salamis indicates a Jewish diaspora community on Cyprus. Paul and Barnabas’s decision to begin there reflects the common New Testament pattern of taking the gospel first to Jewish hearers, then to the wider Gentile world.",
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "Acts 13:4-5"
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [
    "Acts 13:13"
  ],
  "original_language_note": "The name is a Greek place-name, rendered in English as Salamis and referring to the city on Cyprus.",
  "theological_significance": "Salamis has no doctrinal meaning in itself, but its mention in Acts illustrates the early missionary spread of the gospel and the apostolic practice of preaching first in synagogues where possible.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "As a place-name, Salamis is important not for abstract theology but for its historical role in the narrative of Acts. It marks a real location in the progression of redemptive history.",
  "interpretive_cautions": "Do not turn Salamis into a symbolic or allegorical term. Its significance is historical and geographical, not doctrinal.",
  "major_views_note": "There is no major interpretive dispute about the identity of Salamis in Acts; the main issue is simply its classification as a biblical place-name.",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "Salamis should not be treated as a theological category or used to build doctrine. Its value is contextual and historical.",
  "practical_significance": "Salamis reminds readers that the gospel advanced through real places, real people, and ordinary means of proclamation. It also reflects the missionary pattern of thoughtful, Scripture-based outreach.",
  "meta_description": "Salamis was a city on Cyprus mentioned in Acts 13, where Paul and Barnabas began preaching in the synagogues.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/salamis/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/salamis.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}