How to Pronounce Lydia
LIH-dih-uh
Lydia is pronounced LIH-dih-uh (ˈlɪdiə): three syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: LID-ee-uh.
Who was Lydia?
(1.) Ezek. 30:5 (Heb. Lud), a province in the west of Asia Minor, which derived its name from the fourth son of Shem (Gen. 10:22). It was bounded on the east by the greater Phrygia, and on the west by Ionia and the AEgean Sea. (2.) A woman of Thyatira, a “seller of purple,” who dwelt in Philippi (Acts 16:14, 15). She was not a Jewess but a proselyte. The Lord opened her heart as she heard the gospel from the lips of Paul (16:13). She thus became the first in Europe who embraced Christianity. She was a person apparently of considerable wealth, for she could afford to give a home to Paul and his companions. (See THYATIRA.)
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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