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Lydia
Biblical Persons & Places
Lydia
Woman living at the time of the New Testament
A woman living at the time of the New Testament, first mentioned at Act.16.14;
only referred to as Lydia (Λυδία).
Strong's Definition
Lydia, a Christian woman
Derivation: properly, feminine of Ludios (of foreign origin) (a Lydian, in Asia Minor);
KJV Usage: Lydia
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Λυδία, Λυδιας, ἡ, Lydia, a woman of Thyatira, a seller of purple, converted by Paul to the Christian faith: Act_16:14; Act_16:40. The name was borne by other women also, Horat. carm. 1, 8; 3, 9.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Λυδία Lydia 2x
Lydia, pr. name of a woman, Act_16:14 ; Act_16:40
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Λυδία , -ας , ἡ ,
Lydia , a woman of Thyatira: Act_16:14 ; Act_16:40 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Λυδία [page 381]
Λυδία in Act_16:14 is sometimes taken as a cognomen derived from the purple-seller s native place (e.g. Zahn Intr. i. p. 533), but the addition of ὀνόματι clearly marks it out as a proper name. In the form Λύδη it is found in CIG I. 653, III. 6574.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
Λυδία Λυ_δία, ἡ, "Lydia", in Asia Minor, Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
Λυδία, -ας, ἡ
Lydia, a woman of Thyatira: Act.16:14, 40.†
(AS)