Thyatira

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proper noun

A considerable city of Lydia situated on the road from Sardes to Germa, mentioned in the Apocalypse of John.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Thyateira

  1. A considerable city of Lydia situated on the road from Sardes to Germa, mentioned in the Apocalypse of John.

    Let us together escape the snare of Thyatira and hold fast to the crown of ultimate victory.

    2025 November 11, Vivian Ren (pseudonym), “Farewell to Thyatira: Why I Left the Three-Self Church”, in Bitter Winter
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    And vnto the Angel of the church in Thyatira, write, These things saith the Sonne of God, who hath his eyes like vnto a flame of fire, and his feete are like fine brasse: I know thy works, and charitie, and seruice, and faith, and thy patience, and thy workes, and the last to bee more then the first. Notwithstanding, I haue a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Iezebel, which calleth herselfe a Prophetesse, to teach and to seduce my seruants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed vnto idoles. And I gaue her space to repent of her fornication, and she repented not.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 2:18–21

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΘυάτειρα
  2. LatinThyatīra
  3. EnglishThyatira

Borrowed from Latin Thyatīra, from Ancient Greek Θυάτειρα (Thuáteira).

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Translations

Chinese 推雅推喇
  • 推雅推喇A city in Lydia mentioned in the Book of Revelation
Finnish Thyateira
  • ThyateiraA city in Lydia mentioned in the Book of Revelation
Polish Tiatyra
  • TiatyraA city in Lydia mentioned in the Book of Revelation
Cite this entry
APA

Thyatira. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thyatira

MLA

“Thyatira.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thyatira. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Thyatira,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thyatira.

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