Strong's Lexicon
G2993 — Λαοδίκεια
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2993 |
|---|---|
| Word: | Λαοδίκεια |
| Part of Speech: | Name Location |
| Etymology: | from a compound of G2992 and G1349 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | Laodikeia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | lah-od-ik'-ei-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. Laodicia, a place in Asia Minor |
| KJV Renderings: | Laodicea |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Λαοδίκεια (Λαοδικια T WH (see Iota); R G L Tr accent Λαοδίκεια, cf. Chandler § 104), Λαοδικείας, ἡ, Laodicea, a city of Phrygia, situated on the river Lycus not far from Colossae. After having been successively called Diospolis and Rhoas, it was named Laodicea in honor of Laodice, the wife of Antiochus II. (). It was destroyed by an earthquake, A.D. 66 (or earlier, see Lightfoots Commentary on Colossians and Philemon, p. 38f), together with Colossae and Hierapolis (see Κολοσσαί); and afterward rebuilt by Marcus Aurelius. It was the seat of a Christian church: Col 2:1; Col 4:13; Col 4:15 f ((on the ’Epistle to (or ’from’) the Laodiceans’ see Lightfoot’s Commentary, as above, pp. 274-300)); Rev 1:11; Rev 3:14, and in the (Rec.) subscription of the 1 Timothy (See Lightfoot’s Commentary on Colossians and Philemon, Introductory § 1; Forbiger, Hndbch. d. alton Geogr. 2te Ausg. 2:347f.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
Λαοδικεία (Laodicea)
Colossians 2:1
- KJV: For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you and them at Laodicea and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh
- GK: θέλω γαρ υμάς ειδέναι ηλίκον αγώνα έχω περί υμών και των εν Λαοδικεία και όσοι ουχ εωράκασι το πρόσωπόν μου εν σαρκί
Colossians 4:13
- KJV: For I bear him record that he hath a great zeal for you and them in Laodicea and them in Hierapolis
- GK: μαρτυρώ γαρ αυτώ ότι έχει ζήλον πολύν υπέρ υμών και των εν Λαοδικεία και των εν Ιεραπόλει
Colossians 4:15
- KJV: Salute the brethren in Laodicea and Nymphas and the church in his house
- GK: ασπάσασθε τους εν Λαοδικεία αδελφούς και Νυμφάν και την κατ΄ οίκον αυτού εκκλησίαν
Colossians 4:16
- KJV: 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 from Laodicea
- GK: και όταν αναγνωσθή παρ΄ υμίν η επιστολή ποιήσατε ίνα και εν τη Λαοδικέων εκκλησία αναγνωσθή και την εκ Λαοδικείας ίνα και υμείς αναγνώτε
Revelation 1:11
- KJV: Saying I am Alpha and Omega the first and the last and What thou seest write in a book and send 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
- GK: λεγούσης ο βλέπεις γράψον εις βιβλίον και πέμψον ταις επτά εκκλησίαις εις Εφεσον και εις Σμύρναν και εις Πέργαμον και εις Θυάτειρα και εις Σάρδεις και εις Φιλαδέλφειαν και εις Λαοδίκειαν