The Definition of the word Philadelphia

Philadelphia

Brotherly love, a city of Lydia in Asia Minor, about 25 miles "south-east of Sardis. It was the seat of one of the "seven" "churches" (Rev. 3:7-12). It came into the possession of the" Turks in A.D. 1392. It has several times been nearly destroyed "by earthquakes. It is still a town of considerable size, called" "Allahshehr, "the city of God."