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PHLEGON burning, a Roman Christian to whom Paul sent salutations (Romans 16:14).

PHOENICIA (Acts 21:2). (See PHENICIA.)

PHRYGIA dry, an irregular and ill-defined district in Asia Minor. It was divided into two parts, the Greater Phrygia on the south, and the Lesser Phrygia on the west. It is the Greater Phrygia that is spoken of in the New Testament. The towns of Antioch in Pisidia (Acts 13:14), Colosse, Hierapolis, Iconium, and Laodicea were situated in it.