[B-Greek] Thyatira

Ben Crick ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Sat Apr 9 16:50:45 EDT 2005


On Thu  7 Apr 2005 (16:23:11), rminton at bible.edu wrote:
> Does anyone know what the Greek word for Thyatira (Rev. 2:18) means?
> 

 I seem to remember being told that it is from the Greek verb QUW, to
 sacrifice. Apparently there were many trade guilds in the city, each with its
 shrine to Apollo or Astarte or Sambathe. Christians who belonged to one of
 these guilds had to attend the meetings, which incorporated a sacrifice to
 the god and a feast on the idol meat. After the meal, the immoral fun began.
 Hence the strong language of condemnation in the Letter to Thyatira.

 Jezebel is from the Hebrew 'iY:ZeBeL, "without cohabitation"; i.e. chaste.
 Queen Jezebel, wife of King Ahab, was the very opposite of this (2 Kings
 9:22). The Thyatiran woman code-named Jezebel must have brought the worship
 of the heathen gods and goddesses into the ambit of the Church in Thyatira.

 The best I can do...

 ERRWSQE
 Ben
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