Salmone
SALMONE
A promontory at the northeast extremity of the island of Crete, now cape Sidero, Mal 27:7 .
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Salmone
(; Strabo usually writes , sometimes ; Pliny, Sammonium)
Salmone is a promontory in the east of Crete (Act 27:7). It is uncertain whether the modern Cape Sidero, in the extreme N.E., or Cape Plaka, about 7 miles farther S., was so named. The map of Crete in Encyclopaedia Britannica 11 gives the latter. It has been surmised that the ancient usage itself varied. On passing Cnidos, the S.E. corner of Asia Minor, St. Pauls Alexandrian ship was beaten out of her course, which would have taken her straight to Cythera, north of Crete, and obliged to bear S.W. by S. till she came over against () Salmone, from which point she could work slowly westward under the lee of the island. The season was autumn, during which the Etesian (north-west) winds blow in the aegean for forty days, beginning at the rise of the dog-star (Herodotus, vi. 140, vii. 168); perflant his diebus, quos Etesias vocant (Pliny, Historia Naturalis (Pliny) ii. 47). Aristotle describes them as (de Mundo, iv. 15).
Literature.-J. Smith, The Voyage and Shipwreck of St. Paul4, 1880, pp. 74-81; W. M. Ramsay, St. Paul the Traveller and the Roman Citizen, 1895, p. 320 f.; Conybeare-Howson, St. Paul, new ed., 1877, ii. 392 f.
James Strahan.
Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church
Salmone
(, of unknown etymology), a promontory in Crete, apparently forming the northeast point of the island, mentioned thus in the narrative of Paul’s voyage and shipwreck: When we had scarce come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone (Act 27:7). Capt. Smith (of Jordanhill) has shown the naturalness and accuracy of this notice in his own peculiar way. The direct course of the ship, he states, from Myra to Italy, after reaching Cnidus, lay by the north side of Crete; but the wind at the time did not suffer that, blowing, as he shows, from a point somewhat to the west of northwest a wind very prevalent. in the Archipelago in late summer. Then he says, With northwest winds the ship could work up from Myra to Cnidus; because, until she reached that point, she had the advantage of a weather shore, under the lee of which she would have smooth water and a westerly current; but it would be slowly and with difficulty. At Cnidus that advantage ceased; and unless she had put into that harbor and waited for a fair wind, ler only course was to run under the lee of Crete, , in the direction of Salmone, which is the eastern extremity of that island (Paul’s Voyage and Shipwreck, ch. 2). They passed the point, the evangelist says, with some difficulty; and the same modern writer mentions the case of a squadron (a portion of the British fleet from Abukir) which tried to take the same course, but had the wind too westerly to admit of their doing so (see Lewin, St. Paul, 2, 191). SEE SHIPWRECK (of St. Paul).
The classical name for the headland is Salmonium, Sammoninum, or Samonium (, , , Ptolem. 3, 15, 5; Strabo, 2, 106; 10:474, 475, 478, 489; comp. Pomp. Mela, 2, 7, 12; Pliny, 4, 20, 21). The name Point Salomon is now usually applied to the end of Cape Sidero, the easternmost extreme of Crete (Hock, Creta, 1, 427); but Spratt (Researches in Crete [Lond. 1865]) thinks it is rather a southern extension of that headland called Cape Plaka. SEE CRETE.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Salmone
a promontory on the east of Crete, under which Paul sailed on his voyage to Rome (Acts 27:7); the modern Cape Sidero.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Salmone
The eastern promontory of Crete. Paul’s voyage (Act 27:7), the wind was “contrary,” therefore, we infer, blowing from the N.W. (Act 27:4), so that they “sailed slowly.” Their course was past the southern point of Greece, W. by Salmone. Then we read, when they “scarce were come over against Cnidus,” they made cape Salmone which bears S.W. by Salmone from Cnidus. Assuming that the ship could have made good a course of less than seven points from the wind, we arrive at the conclusion that the wind must have been between N.N.W. and W.N.W.
This undesigned coincidence remarkably confirms Luke’s accuracy. (See Smith of Jordanhill’s Voyage, etc., of Paul, 73-74; Conybeare and Howson’s Life of Paul, 2:393.) The ship’s direct course from Myra to Italy after reaching Cnidus lay N. of Crete. But the wind blowing W.N.W. (as often in the Archipelago in late summer) forced her to run under the lee of Crete in the direction of Salmone, which is the eastern point of the island. They with difficulty passed that point. From Myra to Cnidus they had been able to work up with N.W. winds, though slowly, because until they reached Cnidus they had the advantage of a weather shore, under the lee of which they had smooth water and a westerly current. But at Cnidus that advantage ceased; thence their only course was under the lee of Crete toward Salmone.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Salmone
SALMONE.A promontory at the N.E. end of Crete, now Cape Sidero. St. Pauls ship, after reaching Cnidus with difficulty, was met by a powerful N.W. wind, which forced the captain to alter the course. Off Salmone (Act 27:7) he decided to work his way westward under the lee of Crete.
A. Souter.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Salmone
A sea-sport in the island of Crete. See Paul’s travels, Act 27:7. Derived from Shalom.
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Salmone
sal-mone (, Salmone): Act 27:7. See PHOENIX.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Salmone
Salmone, a promontory forming the eastern extremity of the island of Crete (Act 27:7).
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Salmone
[Salmo’ne]
The most eastern point of Crete. Act 27:7. It still bears the same name.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Salmone
G4534
A promontory of Crete.
Act 27:7
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Salmone
Salmo’ne. (clothed). The east point of the island of Crete. Act 27:7. It is a bold promontory, and is visible for a long distance.