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2 definitions found
From:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Laodicea
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
and
flourishing
cities
of
Asia
Minor
.
At
a
very
early
period
it
became
one
of
the
chief
seats
of
Christianity
(
Col
. 2:1; 4:15;
Rev
. 1:11,
etc
.).
It
is
now
a
deserted
place
,
called
by
the
Turks
Eski-hissar
or
"
old
castle
."
From:
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
Laodicea
,
just
people
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