Bithynia

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Bithynia
       n : an ancient country in northwestern Asia Minor in what is now
           Turkey; was absorbed into the Roman Empire by the end of
           the 1st century BC

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:



  Bithynia
     a province in Asia Minor, to the south of the Euxine and
     Propontis. Christian congregations were here formed at an early
     time (1 Pet. 1:1). Paul was prevented by the Spirit from
     entering this province (Acts 16:7). It is noted in church
     history as the province ruled over by Pliny as Roman proconsul,
     who was perplexed as to the course he should take with the
     numerous Christians brought before his tribunal on account of
     their profession of Christianity and their conduct, and wrote to
     Trajan, the emperor, for instructions (A.D. 107).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Bithynia, violent precipitation