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Sardeis <a href="../greek/4555.htm" title="4555">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Sardeis: Sardis</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">Σάρδεις</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Sardeis<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>SAR-dace<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(sar'-dice)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Sardis<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Sardis, an ancient city of Lydia in the province of Asia.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the Lydian name for the city, possibly related to the Hebrew "Sard" (Strong's Hebrew 5467).<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - Strong's Hebrew 5467: סַרְדִּי (Sardi) - Referring to the Sardian stone or Sardius, a precious stone mentioned in the Old Testament.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>Sardis was an ancient city located in the region of Lydia in Asia Minor, known for its wealth and as a center of commerce and trade. In the New Testament, it is one of the seven churches addressed in the Book of Revelation.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>Sardis was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Lydia and was renowned for its affluence, largely due to its strategic location and the gold found in the nearby Pactolus River. It was a significant cultural and economic hub in the ancient world. The city was also known for its impressive acropolis and formidable defenses, although it was twice captured due to complacency. By the time of the New Testament, Sardis was under Roman rule and had a mixed population of Greeks, Romans, and Jews.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of uncertain origin<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>Sardis, the chief city of Lydia<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Sardis (3).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4554: Σάρδεις</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">Σάρδεις</span></span>, dative <span class="greek2">Σάρδεσιν</span>, <span class="greek2">αἱ</span> (from <span class="abbreviation">Aeschylus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> down), <span class="accented">Sardis</span> (or Sardes), the capital of Lydia, a luxurious city; now an obscure village, Sart, with extensive ruins: <a href="/interlinear/revelation/1-11.htm">Revelation 1:11</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/3-1.htm">Revelation 3:1, 4</a>. (Cf. McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia, <REFERENCE_WORK:McClintock and Strong><TOPIC:SARDIS> <span class="topic">under the word</span>.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Sardis. <p>Plural of uncertain derivation; Sardis, a place in Asia Minor -- Sardis. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>Σαρδεις Σάρδεις Σαρδεσιν Σάρδεσιν Sardeis Sárdeis Sardesin Sárdesin<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/revelation/1-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 1:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural">N-AFP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ εἰς <b>Σάρδεις</b> καὶ εἰς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and to Thyatira <span class="itali">and to Sardis</span> and to Philadelphia<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and unto <span class="itali">Sardis,</span> and unto<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/1-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and to <span class="itali">Sardis</span> and to<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/3-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 3:1</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Plural">N-DFP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τῆς ἐν <b>Σάρδεσιν</b> ἐκκλησίας γράψον</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the church <span class="itali">in Sardis</span> write:<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in <span class="itali">Sardis</span> write;<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/3-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the in <span class="itali">Sardis</span> church write<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/3-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 3:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Plural">N-DFP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὀνόματα ἐν <b>Σάρδεσιν</b> ἃ οὐκ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> people <span class="itali">in Sardis</span> who<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> even in <span class="itali">Sardis</span> which have<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/3-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> names in <span class="itali">Sardis</span> which not<p><b><a href="/greek/4554.htm">Strong's Greek 4554</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4554.htm">3 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/sardeis_4554.htm">Σάρδεις — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/sardesin_4554.htm">Σάρδεσιν — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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