Thyatira
Thyatira, a city in Asia Minor, known for its dyeing industry and the home of Lydia, a convert of Paul.
The name Thyatira means “a perfume; sacrifice of labor”
PlaceNew Testament2 books4 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Acts 16:14; only referred to as Thyatira (Θυάτειρα).
Location
- Identified as
- Akhisar
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 38.920° N, 27.837° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- ΘυάτειραThyatira
Mentions
- Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
- …saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
- To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.
- But I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned the so-called deep things of Satan: I will place no further burden upon you