Laodikeia · Laodicea

What it means

Laodikeia (Λαοδίκεια) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Laodicea”.

A city near Colossae.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

The place

• Laodicea

  Today: Laodicea ruins, near Denizli, Turkey

  A city in what is now southwest Turkey, in the Lycus River valley, near Colossae.

  Paul cared about its assembly and asked that his letter be read there (Col 2:1; 4:16). Jesus rebuked it for being lukewarm (Rev 3:14-16).

  Colossians 2:1Colossians 4:16Revelation 1:11Revelation 3:14

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Colossians×4
• Revelation×2

• Colossians 2:1

  For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen my face in the flesh,

• Colossians 4:13

  For I testify about him that he has much labor for you and for those in Laodicea and those in Hierapolis.

• Colossians 4:15

  Greet the brothers in Laodicea, and Nympha and the assembly in her house.

• Colossians 4:16

  And when this letter has been read among you, see that it is read also in the assembly of the Laodiceans, and that you also read the letter from Laodicea.

• Revelation 1:11

  saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

• Revelation 3:14

  And to the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: This is what the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God, says: