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A center of the wine industry. Its chief deity was Dionysus, the god of wine. The area here is geologically unstable and known for many earthquakes. The sixth church to be addressed in Revelation, and is promised to be a pillar, something appealing to a "Shaky Town."
Read more| Type: | City |
| Greek name: | Φιλαδέλφεια |
| Means: | brotherly love |
| Name today: | Alasehir |
| Mentioned in GT: | 0 times |
| Mentioned in NT: | 2 times |
| Position: | 38.590000, 28.299999 |
| Height above sea level: | 250m |
| Web: | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala%C5%9Fehir, deeperstudy.com/link/philadelphia_satellite.html |
