Sacred city, a city of Phrygia, where was a Christian church under the care of Epaphras (Col. 4:12, 13). This church was founded at the same time as that of Colosse. It now bears the name of Pambuk-Kalek, i.e., “Cotton Castle”, from the white appearance of the cliffs at the base of which the ruins are found.
City
Hierapolis
- Name means
- holy city
- Location
- 37.925°N, 29.125°E
- Mentioned
- 1 verse
About Hierapolis
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Nearby
Every mention
Colossians
4:13
Places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0), with locations from OpenBible.info. Many ancient sites are uncertain.