This is the name of the place Smyrna: One of the seven churches of Asia Minor.
Definition
Σμύρνα (T, Ζμ-; B1., § 3, 9), -ας, ἡ
Smyrna, an Ionian city on the Ægean: Revelation 1:11; 2:8.
Ζμύρνα, -ης, ἡ,
Revelation 1:11; 2:8 T, for Σμ-, which see (cf. B1., § 3, 9; Mayser, 204).
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Where it occurs
Occurrences
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- Revelation 1:11Σμύρναν · Smyrna…saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
- Revelation 2:8Σμύρνῃ · SmyrnaTo the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.