Laodicea

Name means “just people”Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary: “Laodicea, just people”

First named: Colossians 2:1

City Asia Minor Greece Apostolic

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A wealthy city in the Lycus Valley near Colossae, home to Nympha's house church (Colossians 4:15-16), later addressed in Revelation and rebuked for being lukewarm — "neither cold nor hot" (Revelation 3:14-22).

References: Colossians 2:1

People connected to Laodicea

Nympha (F) — hosted a house church that Paul greets in the letter to the Colossians
Colossians 4:15

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