Bible Names

Hierapolis: meaning of the name

Hierapolis means “holy city.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Hierapolis in Hebrew and Greek

Ἱεράπολις G2404

Hierápolis — holy city; Hierapolis, a place in Asia Minor

from G2413 (ἱερός) and G4172 (πόλις);

Places named Hierapolis

Hierapolis in Scripture

“Hierapolis” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • Colossians 4:13

    For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.