How to Pronounce Colosse
kuh-LOS-ee
Colosse is pronounced kuh-LOS-ee (kəˈlɒsiː): three syllables, stress on the second.
What does Colosse mean?
Colosse means “punishment; correction”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
What is Colosse?
more properly Colos’sae, was a city of Phrygia in Asia Minor, in the upper part of the basin of the Maeander, on the Lycus. Hierapolis and Laodicea were in its immediate neighborhood. (Colossians 1:2; 4:13,15,16) see Reve 1:11; 3:14 St. Paul is supposed by some to have visited Colosse and founded or confirmed the Colossian church on his third missionary journey. (Acts 18:23; 19:1)
Adapted from Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863), public domain.
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