What does Λαοδίκεια (Laodíkeia) mean in the Bible?
Λαοδίκεια (Laodíkeia) is a Greek word meaning "Laodicia, a place in Asia Minor".
Greek · G2993
Λαοδίκεια
Laodicia, a place in Asia Minor
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Λαοδίκεια G2993
Pronunciation Laodíkeia
What does Λαοδίκεια (Laodíkeia) mean in the Bible?
Λαοδίκεια (Laodíkeia) is a Greek word meaning "Laodicia, a place in Asia Minor".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2993?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Laodicea (6).
Where does Λαοδίκεια (Laodíkeia) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Colossians 2:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Colossians (4), Revelation (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Laodicea 6× Colossians 2:1, Colossians 4:13, Colossians 4:15, Colossians 4:16
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Colossians 2:1 Λαοδικείᾳ to Laodicea Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Colossians 4:13 Λαοδικείᾳ to Laodicea Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Colossians 4:15 Λαοδικείᾳ to Laodicea Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Colossians 4:16 Λαοδικείας to Laodicea Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Revelation 1:11 Λαοδίκειαν to Laodicea Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 3:14 Λαοδικείᾳ to Laodicea Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Colossians 2:1
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 2
Colossians 4 Revelation 2
Source forms
Λαοδικείᾳ 4x Laodikeia Colossians 2:1, Colossians 4:13, Colossians 4:15, Revelation 3:14
Λαοδίκειαν 1x Laodikeian Revelation 1:11
Λαοδικείας 1x Laodikeias Colossians 4:16
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 4x Colossians 2:1, Colossians 4:13, Colossians 4:15, Revelation 3:14
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Revelation 1:11
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Colossians 4:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Laodicia, a place in Asia Minor
Strong's G2993
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 3 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
Laodicia, a place in Asia Minor
Extended definition
:--Laodicea.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Colossians 2:1 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Λαοδικείᾳ, laodikeia
Laodicea
Read verse Colossians 4:13 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Λαοδικείᾳ laodikeia
Laodicea
Read verse Colossians 4:15 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Λαοδικείᾳ laodikeia
Laodicea
Read verse Colossians 4:16 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Λαοδικείας laodikeiav
Laodicea
Read verse Revelation 1:11 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Λαοδίκειαν. laodikeian
Laodicea
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Dative (4) Number pattern Singular (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Col 4:16 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Col 2:1 · Col 4:13 · Col 4:15 · Rev 3:14 4×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Rev 1:11 1×
Word Origins
Λαοδίκεια is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain