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tol-eÌ„Ì-mā´is (ΠτολεμαΐÌÏ‚, Ptolemaı̄Ìs): Same as “Acco†in . Ptolemais was the most prominent town on the Phoenician seacoast in Maccabean times (1 Macc 5:15, 55; 10:1, 58, 60; 12:48), and is once mentioned in the New Testament in as a seaport at which Paul landed for one day, visiting the “brethren†in the place. See ACCO; PHOENICIA.