Laodicea
la-od-i-se'-a (Laodikia): A city of Asia Minor situated in
the Lycos valley in the province of Phrygia, and the home of
one of the Seven Churches of Rev (1:11). Distinguished from
several other cities of that name by the appellation Ad
Lycum, it was founded by Antiochus II (261-246 BC) of Syria,
who named it for his wife Laodike, and who popul...
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(A Phrygian city)
-Paul's concern for
Col 2:1
-Epaphras' zeal for
Col 4:13
-Epistle to the Colossians to be read in
Col 4:15,16
-Message to, through John
Re 1:11; 3:14-22...
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(justice of the people), a town in the Roman province of
Asia situated in the valley of the Maeander, on a small
river called the Lycus, with Colossae and Hierapolis a few
miles distant to the west. Built, or rather rebuilt, by one
of the Seleucid monarchs, and named in honor of his wife,
Laodicea became under the Roman government a place of s...
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The city of this name mentioned in Scripture lay on the
confines
of Phrygia and Lydia, about 40 miles east of Ephesus
(Rev.
3:14), on the banks of the Lycus. It was originally
called
Diospolis and then Rhoas, but afterwards Laodicea,
from Laodice,
the wife of Antiochus II., king of Syria, who rebuilt
it. It was
one of the most important a...
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A city of Phrygia. Originally Diospolis, then Rheas, then
Laodicea. Site of one of the seven churches addressed by
Christ through John (Revelation 1:11; Revelation 3:14). In
Paul's epistle to the COLOSSIANS (Colossians 4:13-16)
Laodicea is associated with Colossae and Hierapolis, which
exactly accords with its geographical position, 18 miles W...
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And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read
also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise
read the [epistle] from Laodicea....
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Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and,
What thou seest, write in a book, and send [it] unto the seven
churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and
unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto
Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea....
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Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace
[be] with thee. Amen. <[The first to Timothy was written from
Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana.]>...
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For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and
them [that are] in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis....
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