City in Asia Minor, in Lydia, near the border with Mysia, on the road from Pergamon to Sardis.
Between 301 and 281 BC, Seleucus Nicator established a colony of Macedonians there, and called it Thyatira. The city previously existed under the name Pelopia and Eutypia (Pliny, Natural History 5:31).
Its inhabitants excelled in the art of dyeing fabrics purple. Lydia, the purple merchant, was originally from Thyatira (Acts 16:14).
One of the seven churches of Asia was located in this city (Rev. 1:11; 2:18-29).
In the town of Ak Hissar, on the site of ancient Thyatira, column fragments dating from the ancient city are found.
Meaning of THYATIRA
City in Asia Minor, in Lydia, near the border with Mysia, on the road from Pergamon to Sardis.
Between 301 and 281 BC, Seleucus Nicator established a colony of Macedonians there, and called it Thyatira. The city previously existed under the name Pelopia and Eutypia (Pliny, Natural History 5:31).
