Lydia

Gender: Female

Years: -1853 - 53

Dictionary Text: A woman of Thyatira, a “seller of purple,” who dwelt in Philippi,. She was not a Jewess but a proselyte. The Lord opened her heart as she heard the gospel from the lips of Paul. 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.

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Verses

• Acts 16:40: And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
• Acts 16:14: And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
• 1 Chronicles 1:39: And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan’s sister.
• Genesis 36:22: And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.