Derbe in the Bible

Meaning: a sting

Exact Match

When they had preached the good news to that town, and had led many to become disciples, they returned to Lystra, [then] to Derbe, and [then on] to Antioch [in Pisidia].

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Then he went on to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman, but his father was a Greek.

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Now there were accompanying him, Sopater, son of Pyrrhus a Beroean; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe and Timothy; and, of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

[It also comes from] all of the brothers who are with me [and is being sent] to the churches of Galatia [i.e., Iconium, Derbe, Lystra and Antioch of Pisidia].

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Thematic Bible



But while the disciples stood around him, he arose and entered into the city. And on the next day he went away with Barnabas to Derbe.

knowing it, they fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding country,


And he went to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, there was a certain disciple there by the name of Timothy, a son of a Jewish woman, a believer, but of a Greek father,


And there followed him to Asia, Sopater the son of Pyrrhus of Berea, and of those of Thessalonica, Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and those of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus;


But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the multitudes, and having stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. But while the disciples stood around him, he arose and entered into the city. And on the next day he went away with Barnabas to Derbe. And having preached the good news to that city, and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch, read more.
confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the kingdom of God. And having appointed them elders in every church, and having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.


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