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City on the river Lycus in Phrygia of Asia Minor. Col. 1: 2. It appears as though Paul had not visited the city when he wrote the epistle to the church there, cf. Col. 1: 7; Col. 2: 1; but he may have done so in his journeys or have gone thither from Ephesus. He hoped to visit them soon, Philemon 22, for to this place Philemon and Onesimus belonged. Col. 4: 9. Colosse had been a place of importance, but declined on the rise of Hierapolis and Laodicea. The modern village Khonas is about three miles distant from the ancient ruins.