Lystra

• a city in Lycaonia, north-west of Iconium, Vulg. Act. 14, 8; 14, 21.
• —Hence, Lystrēni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Lystra, Lystrenes, Plin. 5, 32, 42, § 147.

LYSTRA (Λύστρα ἡ, or τά), a town of Lycaonia or Isauria, which is mentioned by Pliny (Plin. Nat. 5.42: Eth. Lystreni) and Ptolemy (Ptol. 5.4.12), and repeatedly in the New Testament History. (Acts, 14.8, 21; Timoth. 3.11; comp. Hierocl. p. 675.) A bishop of Lystra was present at the Council of Chalcedon. Leake (Asia Minor, p. 102) is inclined to place the town at Khatoun Seraï, about 30 miles south of Iconium; but Hamilton (Researches, vol. 2. p. 313), with more appearance of probability, identifies its site with the ruins of Kaadagh, which are generally believed to be the remains of Derbe.

(ἡ Λύστρα). A city of Lycaonia, on the confines of Isauria, celebrated as one chief scene of the preaching of Paul and Barnabas (Acts, xiv. 8). See Sterrett, The Wolfe Expedition to Asia Minor (Boston, 1888).