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Who was Lydia in the Bible?
The Patriarchs · ~2100–1800 BCOld & New Testament
Seller of purple, first convert in Europe
Lydia is a woman named in the Bible. Scripture references Lydia in 4 verses (chiefly Acts, Genesis, 1 Chronicles).
🤯 What might Lydia have looked like?
A Semitic woman of the patriarchal age (roughly the early second millennium BC) — most likely olive-skinned, in a long woven robe and veil or head covering, as tented households of that era wore.
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Acts 16:14Acts 16:40Genesis 36:221 Chronicles 1:39
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