Merchant of Philippi · First century AD

Lydia in the Bible

A dealer in purple cloth from Thyatira, Lydia hears Paul at a riverside prayer meeting and is baptised with her household. Her home becomes the first church in Europe.

Read the first mention — Ezekiel 30:5Search every form of “Lydia”

Verses mentioning Lydia

3 occurrences across 3 verses in the King James Version.

  1. Ezekiel 30:5

    Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. Libya: Heb. Phut men: Heb. children

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  2. 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.

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  3. 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.

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