Lexical Definition

‎Λασαία‎ Lasaía (las-ah'-yah) Lasea ^N:N-F-L
of uncertain origin

Lasea.

• Lasæa, a place in Crete

Abbott-Smith

Λασέα (Rec. -αία), -ας, ἡ,
Lasea, a city of Crete, otherwise unknown: Ac 27:8.†

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Lasea • A city near Fair Havens, Crete

Lasea, a city near Fair Havens on the island of Crete (Acts 27:8).

• A location only mentioned at Act.27.8;
• only referred to as Lasea Λασαία.
  

Lasea is mentioned in Acts 27:8 as a city located near Fair Havens on the island of Crete. The verse states that Paul's ship, while on its way to Rome, "sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone, and with difficulty coasting along it we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea."

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