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G2993 Λαοδίκεια (Laodíkeia)
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Quick Definition

Λαοδικεία, ας, ἡ n.f. Laodicea

Strong's Definition

from a compound of 2992 and 1349; Laodicia, a place in Asia Minor

KJV Usage: Laodicea

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun-name, f. | -ας

93.514 · Names of Persons and Places · Places

Laodicea a city in Phrygia in Asia Minor

COL 2:1 · COL 4:13 · COL 4:15 · COL 4:16 · REV 1:11 · REV 3:14

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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)

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