A name from Scripture
Lydia
LID-ee-uh
Meaning
Woman from Lydia; Beautiful one
Greek origin · Girl · First in Acts
What it points to
Lydia shows that God opens hearts — she was already a worshipper, but God opened her to the full gospel. Her response: open her home.
Verses · King James Version
“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.”
Acts 16:14
“And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there.”
Acts 16:15