Derbe

Derbe is derived from{{citation needed |date =April 2022}} Derbent which is derived from Persian "Darband" ({{Langx|fa|دربند|lit=Barred gate}}, from dar “gate” + band “bar,” lit. “barred gate”{{cite book |last2=Kosarev |first2=Aleksey N |last3=Glantz |first3=Michael |last4=Kostianoy |first4=Andrey G. |last1=Zonn |first1=Igor S |title=The Caspian Sea Encyclopedia |year=2010 |publisher=Springer |page=160}}), referring to an adjacent pass, to a narrow gate entrance.

There may have been several cities with the name Derbe, since Derbe (meaning narrow gate or entrance) is mostly a geographical toponym (e.g. Derbent).{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

Strabo places Derbe “on the sides” of Isauria, and almost in Cappadocia.{{Cite Strabo|p. 569}} Elsewhere, he says it was in the eleventh praefecture of Cappadocia.{{Cite Strabo|p. 534}} When the apostles Paul and Barnabas visited Derbe, it was in Lycaonia. Stephanus of Byzantium places Derbe in Isauria.{{Cite Stephanus|s.v. Δέρβη}}Ramsay, William Mitchell (1908). The Cities of St. Paul. A.C. Armstrong. pp. 315–384.Bruce, Frederick Fyvie (1977). Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free. Eerdmans. p. 475. {{ISBN|978-0-8028-4778-2}}

In 1956, on the basis of an inscription dating to 157 AD, Michael Ballance fixed the site of Derbe at a mound known as Kerti Hüyük, some {{convert|15|mi|km}} northeast of Karaman (ancient Laranda), near Ekinözü village in modern-day Turkey.{{Cite book| publisher = Oxford University Press| isbn = 978-0-19-988145-1| last1 = Fant| first1 = Clyde E.| last2 = Reddish| first2 = Mitchell G.| title = A Guide to Biblical Sites in Greece and Turkey| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cPDXFPxKBzIC&pg=PT341 |date = 2003-10-23}} Although subject to controversy, this is considered the most likely site.[http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/archaeology_vanelderen.pdf Bastian Van Elderen, Some Archaeological Observations on Paul’s First Missionary Journey, 157-159] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803004339/http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/archaeology_vanelderen.pdf |date=2020-08-03 }}.Steve C. Singleton, [https://deeperstudy.com/study-links/bible-atlas-space/central-mediterranean-lands-in-the-bible/derbe/ Derbe], from Bible Atlas from Space, Deeperstudy.com.{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/news/derbe-excavations-explore-pauline-site/|title = Derbe Excavations Explore Pauline Site|date = 6 September 2013}}{{Cite web|url=https://ferrelljenkins.blog/2014/05/14/excavations-at-derbe/|title=Excavations at Derbe|date=14 May 2014}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/remains-of-first-religious-structure-discovered-in-central-anatolia-53833|title = Remains of first religious structure discovered in Central Anatolia| date=5 September 2013 }}

Stephanus of Byzantium says that Derbe would have had a port (λιμήν , limēn), but this is an obvious mistake, as the city was located inland. This has been corrected to the form limnē (λίμνη , 'lake'], as there are some lakes in the vicinity, albeit a little further away.{{Cite web|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=D.derbe-geo&fromdoc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064&force=y|title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), DAAE, DERBE|website=www.perseus.tufts.edu|accessdate=25 December 2023}} In modern Turkey there is a village named Derbent, nearby a lake and nearby Iconium city.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Derbent,+konya|title = Derbent · Derbent/Konya, Turkey}} There is also a district that is named Derbent.

Antipater of Derbe, a friend of Cicero,Cicero, Ad Familiares, xiii. 73 was ruler of Derbe, but was killed by Amyntas of Galatia, who added Derbe to his possessions.Strabo, XII,i, 4; vi, 3Dio Cassius, XLIX, xxxii)

Claudioderbe was a special title given to Derbe during the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius; it appears on second century coins from Derbe.

The apostles Paul and Barnabas came to Derbe after escaping a disturbance and surviving the stoning in Lystra (Acts 14:19), about {{convert|75|mi|km|-1}} away.{{Cite web|url=http://www.swartzentrover.com/cotor/E-Books/christ/Ramsay/Galatians/HCG_22.htm|title=Swartzentrover.com | Ramsay - A Historical Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians - Part 1 - Chapter 22|website=www.swartzentrover.com|accessdate=25 December 2023}}

The Bishopric of Derbe became a suffragan see of Iconium. It is not mentioned by later Notitiae Episcopatuum. Just four bishops are known, from 381 to 672.{{cite encyclopedia|access-date=2007-02-17|encyclopedia=Catholic Encyclopedia|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04738c.htm|title=Derbe}} Derbe is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, {{ISBN|978-88-209-9070-1}}), p. 880

Saint Timothy was a native of Derbe (or of Lystra).{{bibleverse||Acts|16:1|ESV}} Derve may also be linked to Dervish or Derviş (literally means mendicant, 'beggar', 'one who goes from door to door'), a mystic Sufi fraternity from Iconium whose most common practice Sama is directly associated with the 13th-century Persian mystic Rumi. The firstborn son of Rumi named Veled escaped death miraculously nearby DerbeM. SABRİ DOĞAN http://www.akmanastir.com/2019/12/22/eflatun-manastir/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126015351/http://www.akmanastir.com/2019/12/22/eflatun-manastir/ |date=2021-01-26 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.mevlanamuzesi.com/eflatun-manastir-ak-manastir/|title = Eflatun Manastır (Ak Manastır) – Mevlana TV}} (other sources report that it was the second son of Rumi that escaped death miraculously). The place where the miracle happened is mentioned as "Paul's cave"{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B054'37.0%22N+32%C2%B025'58.2%22E|title = Google Maps}} in Meyers Reisebücher. Maybe the dance named devr-i veledi{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Devr-i-Veledi/dp/B00VG2JVII|title = Devr-i Veledi|website = Amazon}}{{cite web| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/8fP98NvP9xw| archive-date = 2021-12-05| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fP98NvP9xw| title = Refik Hakan Talu - Devr-i Veledi (Official Lyrics Video) | website=YouTube| date = 24 April 2015}}{{cbignore}} that precedes the Sema ceremony is also related to Derve. According some rumors, Devr-i veledi (that was played during circumcision ceremonies) also refers to the circumcision{{cite thesis|author=Nevin Şahin |title=Contestations, conflicts and music-power: mevlevi sufism in the 21st century Turkey |url=https://open.metu.edu.tr/handle/11511/25552 |location=METU |degree=PhD |year=2016}} of Rumi's father Bahā ud-Dīn Walad during the pilgrimage, and this action is somehow associated with the circumcision of Saint Timothy {{Bibleverse |Acts|16:1–3|NIV}}.Circumcision of Jesus#Theological beliefs and celebrations {{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

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