GREEK · G4554
Σάρδεις
Sardeis — Sardis
Σάρδεις, -εων, αἱ Sardis, the chief city of Lydia: Rev.1:11 3:1, 4 (AS)
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Sardis
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5614
סְפָרַ֑ד
se.pha.rad — Sepharad
Sepharad = "separated" a place where Israelites were exiled Also named: Sardeis (Σάρδεις "Sardis" G4554)
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The metropolis of Lydia in Asia Minor. It stood on the river Pactolus, at the foot of mount Tmolus. Here was one of the seven Asiatic churches (Rev. 3:1-6). It is now a ruin called Sert-Kalessi.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.