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Laodicea
Biblical Persons & Places
Laodicea
Laodicea
A location first mentioned at Col.2.1;
referred to as Laodicea (Λαοδίκεια), or Laodicean (Λαοδικεύς).
Strong's Definition
Laodicia, a place in Asia Minor
Derivation: from a compound of G2992 (λαός) and G1349 (δίκη);
KJV Usage: Laodicea
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Λαοδίκεια (Λαοδικια T WH (see Iota); R G L Tr accent Λαοδίκεια, cf. Chandler § 104), Λαοδικείας, ἡ, Laodicea, a city of Phrygia, situated on the river Lycus not far from Colossae. After having been successively called Diospolis and Rhoas, it was named Laodicea in honor of Laodice, the wife of Antiochus II. (). It was destroyed by an earthquake, A.D. 66 (or earlier, see Lightfoots Commentary on Colossians and Philemon, p. 38f), together with Colossae and Hierapolis (see Κολοσσαί); and afterward rebuilt by Marcus Aurelius. It was the seat of a Christian church: Col_2:1; Col_4:13; Col_4:15 f ((on the 'Epistle to (or 'from') the Laodiceans' see Lightfoot's Commentary, as above, pp. 274-300)); Rev_1:11; Rev_3:14, and in the (Rec.) subscription of the 1 Timothy (See Lightfoot's Commentary on Colossians and Philemon, Introductory § 1; Forbiger, Hndbch. d. alton Geogr. 2te Ausg. 2:347f.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Λαοδίκεια Laodikeia 6x
Laodicea, a city of Phrygia in Asia Minor, Rev_3:14 *. See PhotoGuide.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Λαοδικία
( Rec. -εία ), -ας , ἡ ,
Laodicea , a city on the Lycus in Phrygia: Col_2:1 ; Col_4:13 ; Col_4:15-16 , Rev_1:11 ; Rev_3:14 .†
Λαοδικεία , see Λαοδικία .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
Λαοδικία (Rec. -εία), -ας, ἡ
Laodicea, a city on the Lycus in Phrygia: Col.2:1 4:13, 15-16, Rev.1:11 3:14.†
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