Philadelphia

Name means “love of a brother”Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary: “Philadelphia, love of a brother”

Modern location: Alaşehir, Turkey

First named: Revelation 1:11

City Asia Minor Greece

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A city in Asia Minor, one of the seven churches addressed in Revelation. Like Smyrna, Philadelphia receives no rebuke: though it has "little power," it has kept Christ's word and not denied His name, and is promised an open door no one can shut (Revelation 3:7-13).

References: Revelation 1:11

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