Bible Names

Sardis: meaning of the name

Sardis means “prince of joy.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Sardis in Hebrew and Greek

Σάρδεις G4554

Sárdeis — Sardis, a place in Asia Minor

plural of uncertain derivation;

Places named Sardis

Sardis in Scripture

“Sardis” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • 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.

  • Revelation 3:1

    And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

  • Revelation 3:4

    Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.