Laodikeia identifies the locality and its assembly as a setting, recipient, or source in the cited passages.

The term consistently identifies Laodicea in clauses concerning people there, an assembly there, letters associated with it, and a message sent there. Its differing case forms mark location, association, or destination without showing separate lexical meanings.

1. Identification of a locality and its assembly · dominant

   The dative singular occurs with people and an assembly located there: in Colossians 2:1 the APB renders “those in Laodicea,” and in Colossians 4:15 it renders “the brothers in Laodicea.” It also identifies the destination of a written message in Revelation 3:14, while Colossians 4:16 uses the genitive singular for “the church of the Laodiceans” and “the one from Laodicea”; Revelation 1:11 uses the accusative singular in the list of assemblies to which the scroll is sent.

   Colossians 2:1Colossians 4:13Colossians 4:15Colossians 4:16Revelation 1:11Revelation 3:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the term in phrases such as “in Laodicea,” “the church of the Laodiceans,” “from Laodicea,” and “to Laodicea.” These renderings reflect the surrounding clauses glosses.