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Λαοδικεία, ας, ἡ n.f. Laodicea
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Strong's Definition
Laodicia, a place in Asia Minor
Derivation: from a compound of G2992 (λαός) and G1349 (δίκη);
KJV Usage: Laodicea
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Λαοδικεία [-κία TWH (see I, «); RGLTr accent -δίκεια, cf. Chandler ὃ 104], -as. ἡ, Laodicea, a city of Phrygia, situated on the river Lycus not far from Coloss. After having been successively called Diospolis and Rhoas, it was named Laodicea in honor of Laodice, the wife of Antiochus II. [Β. c. 261-246]. It was de “Ιαοδικεύς stroyed by an earthquake, a. p. 66 [or earlier, see Bp. Lghtft. Com. on Col. and Philem. p. 38 sq.], together with Colossi and Hierapolis (see Κολοσσαί) ; and afterwards rebuilt by Mareus Aurelius. It was the seat of a Christian church: Col. ii. 1; iv. 18, 15 sq. [(on the ‘ Ep. to (or ‘from’) the Laodiceans’ see Bp. Lghift. Com. τι. 5. pp. 274-300)]; Rev. i. 11; iii. 14, and in the [Rec.] subscription of the 1 Ep. to Tim. [See Bp. Lghtft. Com. on Col. and Philem. Intr. § 1; Forbiger, Hndbch. d. alten Geogr. 2te Ausg. ii. 347 sq.]
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 4:13, 15, 16, Re 1:11 3:14.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
Λαοδίκεια (Laodikeia) — Laodicea. 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.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)