STRONGS G494:
Ἀντιπατρίς,
-ιδος,
ἡ,
Antipatris, a city situated between Joppa and Cæsarea, in a very fertile region, not far from the coast; formerly called
Χαβαρζαβᾶ [others,
Καφαρσαβᾶ (or
-σᾶβα)] (Josephus, Antiquities 13, 15, 1), and afterwards rebuilt by Herod the Great and named Antipatris in honor of his father Antipater (Josephus,
b. j. 1, 21, 9):
Acts 23:31. Cf.
Robinson, Researches etc. 3:45f; Later Researches, iii. 138f [also Bib. Sacr. for 1843, pp. 478-498; and for 1853, p. 528f).
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