Bible Names

Salamis: meaning of the name

Salamis means “shaken; test; beaten.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Salamis in Hebrew and Greek

Σαλαμίς G4529

Salamís — Salamis, a place in Cyprus

probably from G4535 (σάλος) (from the surge on the shore);

Places named Salamis

Salamis in Scripture

“Salamis” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • Acts 13:5

    And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.