Smyrna
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Meaning: myrrh
An ancient city of Ionia, on the western coast of Asia Minor, about 40 miles to the north of Ephesus.
The church founded here was one of the seven addressed in the Book of Revelation (Rev 2:8ff).
The celebrated Polycarp, a pupil of the apostle John, was in the second century a prominent leader in the church of Smyrna. Here he suffered martyrdom, A.D. 155.
This article needs to be merged with SMYRNA (Jewish Encyclopedia).
This article needs to be merged with Smyrna (Catholic Encyclopedia).
This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.
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