Laodicea: meaning of the name

Laodicea in Hebrew and Greek

Places named Laodicea

• Laodicea

Laodicea in Scripture

“Laodicea” appears in 6 verses of the King James Version.

• Colossians 2:1

  For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

• 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.

• Colossians 4:15

  Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.

• Colossians 4:16

  And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.

• 1 Timothy 6:21

  Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen. The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana.

• Revelation 1:11

  Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.