Hierapolis

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Hierapolis
     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.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Hierapolis, holy city