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    Lydia

    Pronounced LID-ee-uh

    girl
    ✓ In the King James Bible — Yes — Lydia appears in the King James Bible, including Acts 16:14.
    Meaning
    "Woman from Lydia; Beautiful one"
    Origin
    Greek

    Lydia was a businesswoman from Thyatira, a seller of purple cloth, and the first European convert to Christianity. She met Paul at a riverside prayer meeting, and 'the Lord opened her heart.' She immediately opened her home to the apostles, becoming a pillar of the Philippian church.

    Spiritual meaning

    Lydia shows that God opens hearts — she was already a worshipper, but God opened her to the full gospel. Her response: open her home.

    Related verses (KJV)

    • "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 (KJV) →

    • "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 (KJV) →
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