Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(myrrh). A coast city of Ionia, Asia Minor, 40 miles north of Ephesus. Mentioned in Revelation 2:8-11 as site of one of the seven churches of Asia. The old city of Smyrna dates back to Theseus, 1300 years B. C. Alexander the Great built the new city B. C. 320. It became subject to Rome and was noted for its beauty. Christianity got an early foothold there and the city sent a bishop to the council of Nice, A. D. 325. It is still a large city of mixed nationalities and creeds, and of considerable commercial importance.
Concise Bible Dictionary:
Smyrna
Ancient city in the west of Asia Minor, about forty miles north of Ephesus. No mention is made of Paul having visited the city; but we know an assembly was gathered there by its being one of the seven churches in Asia, to which addresses were sent through the apostle John. See REVELATION 2. History calls Polycarp the first bishop of Smyrna, and it was there he suffered martyrdom. Christian writers have often pointed out in connection with the allusion to “the synagogue of Satan” in Revelation 2:9, the eagerness with which the Jews sought to aid in the martyrdom of Polycarp.
It was of old an important city, and modern Smyrna is a large town, and many of its inhabitants are professedly Christian (Rev. 1:11; Rev. 2:8). The name means “myrrh.”
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Meaning:
the same as 4666; Smyrna, a place in Asia Minor
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
myrrh
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
Cold habitation; myrrh; tribulation:―a place in Asia Minor, Rev. 1:11. {Habitatio frigida}