Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, September 28th, 2024
the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Encyclopedias
Bos`phorus
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
A channel 17 m. long and from 3 to ½ m. broad, and about 30 fathoms deep, strongly defended by forts, extending from the Sea of Marmora to the Black Sea; subject to Turkey. It derives its name from the channel which, according to the Greek myth, Zeus, in the form of an ox, crossed into Europe with Europa on his back.
Copyright Statement
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Bos`phorus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/bosphorus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Bos`phorus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/bosphorus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
