BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G4667
Smurna — Smyrna
Σμύρνα (T, Ζμ-; B1., § 3, 9), -ας, ἡ Smyrna, an Ionian city on the Ægean: Rev.1:11 2:8.† Ζμύρνα, -ης, ἡ, Rev.1:11 2:8 T, for Σμ-, which see (cf. B1., § 3, 9; Mayser, 204).† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4668
Smurna — Smyrna
Σμύρνα (T, Ζμ-; B1., § 3, 9), -ας, ἡ Smyrna, an Ionian city on the Ægean: Rev.1:11 2:8.† Ζμύρνα, -ης, ἡ, Rev.1:11 2:8 T, for Σμ-, which see (cf. B1., § 3, 9; Mayser, 204).† (AS)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Myrrh, an ancient city of Ionia, on the western coast of Asia Minor, about 40 miles to the north of Ephesus. It is now the chief city of Anatolia, having a mixed population of about 200,000, of whom about one-third are professed Christians. The church founded here was one of the seven addressed by our Lord (Rev. 2:8-11). The celebrated Polycarp, a pupil of the apostle John, was in the second century a prominent leader in the church of Smyrna. Here he suffered martyrdom, A.D. 155.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
