Smyrna

Name means “myrrh”Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary: “Smyrna, myrrh”

Modern location: Izmir, Turkey

First named: Revelation 1:11

City Asia Minor Greece

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A port city on the Aegean coast of Asia Minor, one of the seven churches addressed in Revelation. The letter to Smyrna contains no rebuke: the church there is poor in circumstances but rich in faith, warned of coming persecution and imprisonment and urged to be faithful to death for the crown of life (Revelation 2:8-11).

References: Revelation 1:11

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