Difference between revisions of "Lydia"

<p> '''Lydia''' (''lyd'i-ah'' ). 1. [[A]] Jewish proselyte from the city of Thyatira, in Lydia, engaged in the purple trade, possessed of wealth, and temporarily residing at Philippi, where she heard Paul preach. &nbsp;Acts 16:14. She accepted the gospel, was baptized together with her household, and Paul stayed at her house. 2. &nbsp;Ezekiel 30:5, [[E.]] [[V.]] "Lud," where it probably refers to a people or place in Africa. It was also a coast region of Asia Minor, and formed in olden times the centre of a great empire under Crœsus; afterward it belonged successively to Syria, Pergamus, and the Romans. Its principal cities were Sardis, Thyatira, and Philadelphia. It is mentioned in &nbsp;1 [[Maccabees]] 8:8 among the provinces which the Romans transferred from Syria to Pergamus. </p>