Bible Location
Meaning: holy city · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
Hierapolis was the Phrygian city near Colossae and Laodicea with a Christian community known to Paul. It is important because it belongs to the inland church network of the Lycus valley. First appears in Col 4:13.1
Place meaning
holy city
Coordinates
37.92, 29.12
First appears
Col 4:13
AI summary: Hierapolis matters because the New Testament remembers clusters of neighboring churches, not isolated cities alone. The place belongs to the regional life of Christian teaching, prayer, and mutual concern.1
Place meaning
holy city
Latitude
37.92
Longitude
29.12
Bible references
1
Sacred city, a city of Phrygia, where was a Christian church under the care of Epaphras (Col. 4:12, 13). This church was founded at the same time as that of Colosse. It now bears the name of Pambuk-Kalek, i.e., “Cotton Castle”, from the white appearance of the cliffs at the base of which the ruins are found. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.