Bible Location
Meaning: a perfume; sacrifice of labor · 4 cross references · Modern-day map available
Thyatira was a city in Asia Minor known for trade guilds and later for one of the seven churches of Revelation. It is important because Lydia came from there and because the church in Thyatira received a searching prophetic message. First appears in Acts 16:14.1
Place meaning
a perfume; sacrifice of labor
Coordinates
38.92, 27.84
First appears
Acts 16:14
AI summary: Thyatira links Acts and Revelation in a distinctive way. Acts introduces it through Lydia, whose trade in purple cloth hints at the city's commercial life, while Revelation addresses the church there about endurance, works, compromise, and moral corruption. The city's guild setting helps explain why faithfulness could be socially costly. The cross references present Thyatira as a trade-city church where industry, hospitality, perseverance, and spiritual danger all meet.1
Place meaning
a perfume; sacrifice of labor
Latitude
38.92
Longitude
27.84
Bible references
4
A city of Asia Minor, on the borders of Lydia and Mysia. Its modern name is Ak-hissar, i.e., “white castle.” Here was one of the seven churches (Rev. 1:11; 2:18-28). Lydia, the seller of purple, or rather of cloth dyed with this colour, was from this city (Acts 16:14). It was and still is famous for its dyeing. Among the ruins, inscriptions have been found relating to the guild of dyers in that city in ancient times. 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.
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.