Word Summary
Lydia: Lydia, a Christian woman
Original Word: ΛυδίαTransliteration: Lydia
Phonetic Spelling: (loo-dee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Lydia, a Christian woman
Meaning: Lydia -- a Christian woman
Strong's Concordance
Lydia, a Christian woman
Properly, feminine of Ludios (of foreign origin) (a Lydian, in Asia Minor); Lydia, a Christian woman: -Lydia.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3070: ΛυδίαΛυδία,
Λυδιας,
ἡ,
Lydia, a woman of Thyatira, a seller of purple, converted by Paul to the Christian faith:
Acts 16:14, 40. The name was borne by other women also, Horat. carm. 1, 8; 3, 9.