Ἱεράπολις
Hierapolis
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Hierapolis
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Hierapolis names a place included among those for whom a man has much travail.
The attested use names a place whose people are included with those in Laodicea as recipients of a man's much travail in Colossians 4:13.
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Place named among recipients of concern · dominant
In Colossians 4:13, the dative singular feminine form occurs in the phrase naming those for whom the man has much travail; the APB renders the clause “for those in Laodicea and for those in Hierapolis.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Colossians 4:13, the APB presents the name in the phrase “for those in Hierapolis.” The verse is read as a whole, but it places the term among named locations whose people are included in the statement.