Lexical Summary Thyateira: Thyatira, a city of Lydia Original Word: ΘυάτειραTransliteration: Thyateira Phonetic Spelling: (thoo-at'-i-rah) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: Thyatira, a city of Lydia Meaning: Thyatira -- a city of Lydia Strong's Concordance Thyatira. Of uncertain derivation; Thyatira, a place in Asia Minor -- Thyatira. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2363: ΘυάτειραΘυάτειρα, Θυατείρων, τά (and once Θυατειρας, ἡ, Revelation 1:11 Lachmann Θυατειραν (cf. Tdf. at the passage; WHs Appendix, p. 156; Buttmann, 18 (16))), Thyatira, a city of Lydia, formerly Pelopia and Euhippia (Pliny, h. n. 5, 31), now Akhissar, a colony of Macedonian Greeks, situated between Sardis and Pergamum on the river Lycus; its inhabitants gained their living by traffic and the art of dyeing in purple: Acts 16:14; Revelation 1:11; Revelation 2:18, 24. (B. D. under the word.) |
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