Country in the northwest of Asia Minor, which is part of current Anatolia, bordering to the north with the Black Sea, to the south with Phrygia and Galatia, to the east with Paphlagonia, to the west with Mysia and the Propontidae; but its limits have varied throughout the ages. Under the Persian Empire, Bithynia became a satrapy.
Nicomedes III bequeathed it to the Romans in 74 BC. Paul and Silas tried to go, but the Holy Spirit would not allow them (Acts 16:7). The gospel penetrated through other means. Peter, in his first epistle, addresses the Christians of Bithynia (1 Pet. 1:1).
Pliny the younger, at the beginning of the second century, reports that Christians are numerous; Later there were great councils in two cities of Bithynia, Nicaea and Chalcedon. It is a fertile country, with extensive vineyards, and with a varied forest population, including walnut and chestnut trees.
Meaning of BITINIA
Country in the northwest of Asia Minor, which is part of present-day Anatolia
