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Hierapolis

hierapoliscolossiansasia-minor

Summary

Third of the Lycus Valley triad (Col 4:13), famed for its hot springs; early tradition places Philip there.

  • Among the passages here, Hierapolis is first named in Colossians 4:13: “For I testify about him that he goes to great pains for you…”
  • The record places Hierapolis in Lycus Valley, Phrygia.
  • 1 verse name Hierapolis, in 1 book.

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In Scripture

Verses
1
Books
1
See it on Asia Minor, showing the positions of the Seven Churches

Near Hierapolis

Straight-line distances, computed from the gazetteer coordinates.

Where it is

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Region
Lycus Valley, Phrygia
Kind of place
City
LaodiceaLaodiceaHierapolis5 km · 3.1 miN
  • Located: the gazetteer fixes one site
Hierapolis and the country around it, about 35 km across. Every mark sits at the coordinates the gazetteer records for it.
Map of Asia Minor showing the positions of the seven churches of Revelation.
Asia Minor, showing the positions of the Seven Churches: Asia Minor: the coastal and inland cities of Paul's letters and Revelation 2–3.George Adam Smith, Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land (1915), public domain.Open this plate full size in The Atlas →

Hierapolis in Scripture

1 verse names it, in 1 book

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