Strong G4554Σάρδεις
Sardis
- Transliteration
- Sardeis
- Pronunciation
- sar'-dice
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Location
Definition
Plural of uncertain derivation;
Sardis a place in Asia Minor: - Sardis.
Sardis a place in Asia Minor: - Sardis.
Detailed definition
Σάρδεις, -εων, αἱ
Sardis, the chief city of Lydia: Rev.1:11 3:1, 4
(AS)
Sardis, the chief city of Lydia: Rev.1:11 3:1, 4
(AS)
In the biblical story
Sepharad
City in Asia Minor; destination of exiled Jews
Sepharad, possibly referring to Sardis, was a destination of exiled Jews (Obad. 1:20) and one of the seven churches mentioned in Revelation (Rev. 1:11; 3:1, 4).
In the Bible
Strong G4554 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sardis3
First verses
- Revelation 1:11Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
- Revelation 3:1And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
- Revelation 3:4Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Same identity
Detailed Greek dictionary
Σάρδεις, εων, αἱ,
“Sardes”, the capital of Lydia, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 45 (_anapaest meter_); _dative_ Σάρδεσι [prev. work] 321)]:—Ionic dialect Σάρδιες [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.709 (from Alexander))], etc. (Σάρδῑς is only falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.102))]; genitive Σαρδίων, dative Σάρδῐσι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.7, 5.101, etc.)]; accusative Σάοδιας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 246, or Σάρδῑς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.27)]:— adjective Σαρδιᾱνός, Ionic dialect Σαρδι-ηνός, ή, όν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 22, 80, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 630, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Iambi” 1.172 (-ηνευς Papyrus))]; οἱ Σαρδιανοί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.3)]:—Σαρδιᾱνικός, ή, όν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 112, “Pax” 1174, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 208; see at {βάπτω} I.2.)]
“Sardes”, the capital of Lydia, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 45 (_anapaest meter_); _dative_ Σάρδεσι [prev. work] 321)]:—Ionic dialect Σάρδιες [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.709 (from Alexander))], etc. (Σάρδῑς is only falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.102))]; genitive Σαρδίων, dative Σάρδῐσι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.7, 5.101, etc.)]; accusative Σάοδιας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 246, or Σάρδῑς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.27)]:— adjective Σαρδιᾱνός, Ionic dialect Σαρδι-ηνός, ή, όν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 22, 80, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 630, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Iambi” 1.172 (-ηνευς Papyrus))]; οἱ Σαρδιανοί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.3)]:—Σαρδιᾱνικός, ή, όν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 112, “Pax” 1174, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 208; see at {βάπτω} I.2.)]