Places in the Bible · Settlement

Lasea

Lasea is a settlement mentioned in 1 verse. Its most likely location is Lasaea. The name means “thick; wise.”

ruins at Lasaea
ruins at Lasaea · Photo: Olaf Tausch (CC-BY-3.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Where is Lasea?

Approx. 34.9406, 24.8111 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps

Possible modern locations

IdentificationTypeConfidence
LasaeasettlementHigh

Lasea in the Bible dictionary

A city in the island of Crete (Acts 27:8). Its ruins are still found near Cape Leonda, about 5 miles east of “Fair Havens.”

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain. Full dictionary entry →

Verses that mention Lasea

  • Acts 27:8

    And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.

Events at Lasea