Colosse

Colosse in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ko-los'-e (Kolossai, "punishment"; the King James Version Colosse): A city of Phrygia on the Lycus River, one of the branches of the Meander, and 3 miles from Mt. Cadmus, 8,013 ft. high. It stood at the head of a gorge where the two streams unite, and on the great highway traversing the country from Ephesus to the Euphrates valley, 13 miles fr...

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Colosse in Naves Topical Bible

A city of Phrygia Col 1:2,7,8...

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Colosse in Smiths Bible Dictionary

more properly Colos'sae, was a city of Phrygia in Asia Minor, in the upper part of the basin of the Maeander, on the Lycus. Hierapolis and Laodicea were in its immediate neighborhood. Col 1:2; 4:13,15,16 see Reve 1:11; 3:14. St. Paul is supposed by some to have visited Colosse and founded or confirmed the Colossian church on his third mission...

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Colosse in Easton's Bible Dictionary

or Colosse, a city of Phrygia, on the Lycus, which is a tributary of the Maeander. It was about 12 miles above Laodicea, and near the great road from Ephesus to the Euphrates, and was consequently of some mercantile importance. It does not appear that Paul had visited this city when he wrote his letter to the church there (Col. 1:2). He ex...

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Colosse in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Colosse properly Colossae. A city on the Lycus, an affluent of the Maeander. To the Christians there was addressed Paul's epistle, before he had seen their face (Colossians 2:1; Colossians 1:4; Colossians 1:7-8). Epaphras probably founded the Colossian church (Colossians 1:7; Colossians 4:12). Colosse was ethnologically in Phrygia, but politi...

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Colosse in Hitchcock's Bible Names

punishment; correction...

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Colosse Scripture - Colossians 1:2

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ....

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