Thyatira

Name means “a perfume; sacrifice of labor”Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary: “Thyatira, a perfume; sacrifice of labor”

First named: Acts 16:14

City Asia Minor Greece Apostolic

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Lydia, the dealer in purple cloth converted at Philippi, was originally from Thyatira (Acts 16:14); the city's own church is later addressed in Revelation and rebuked for tolerating a false prophetess (Revelation 2:18-29).

References: Acts 16:14

People connected to Thyatira

Jezebel (F) — Christ's name for the false prophetess tolerated in the church here
Revelation 2:20
Lydia (F) — a dealer in this city's purple cloth, converted under Paul's preaching at Philippi
Acts 16:14

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