Lydia

In Acts 16:40, after Paul and Silas were beaten, imprisoned, and left go after an earthquake in Philippi in Acts 16, they go to see Lydia (the seller of purple from Acts 16:14).

Acts 16:40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed. [kjv]

εξελθοντες δε απο της φυλακης εισηλθον προς την λυδιαν και ιδοντες παρεκαλεσαν τους αδελφους και εξηλθαν [gnt]

Note that the word "house" in the KJV (King James Version) is not in the Greek, Latin, Luther, or Wycliffe versions. It does appear in tho Tyndale version.

Acts 16:40

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KJV: And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

Greek: εξελθοντες δε εκ απο της φυλακης εισηλθον εις προς την λυδιαν και ιδοντες παρεκαλεσαν τους αδελφους παρεκαλεσαν αυτους και εξηλθον εξηλθαν

Latin: exeuntes autem de carcere introierunt ad Lydiam et visis fratribus consolati sunt eos et profecti sunt

Wycliffe: And thei yeden out of the prisoun, and entriden to Lidie. And whanne thei siyen britheren, thei coumfortiden hem, and yeden forth.

Tyndale: And they wet out of ye preson and entred into the housse of Lidia and whe they had sene the brethren they comforted them and departed.

Luther: Da gingen sie aus dem Gefängnis und gingen zu der Lydia. Und da sie die Brüder gesehen hatten und getröstet, zogen sie aus.

Was the word "housse" added by Tyndale and then used by the KJV?

Acts 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. [kjv]

και τις γυνη ονοματι λυδια πορφυροπωλις πολεως θυατειρων σεβομενη τον θεον ηκουεν ης ο κυριος διηνοιξεν την καρδιαν προσεχειν τοις λαλουμενοις υπο παυλου [gnt]

Thyatira is one of the seven churches to which Jesus writes in Revelation.

The ancient Greek word "πορφύρα" ≈ "purple". Lydia, the seller of purple (i.e., cloth) is only mentioned in Acts 16:14. This was the expensive "purple" cloth. Three hundred years later, only royalty were allow to wear this color.

At one time, there were (at least) two womens dress shops on Market Street in Elizabethtown. What were the names?

The Gladele Shop and the Grace Blough Shop.

The modern Greek word "πορφυρόπωλις" (por-fee-RO-po-lees) ≈ "purple".
The modern Greek word "πορφυρό" (por-fee-RO) ≈ "purple".
The modern Greek word "μωβ" (mov) ≈ "purple" is of French origin.
The modern Greek word "ερυθροκυανό" (eh-ree-thro-kee-a-NO) ≈ "red cyan, purple" (as an adjective). The red part is a word used in the LXX (Septuagint) for the red in Red Sea.

Acts 16:14

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KJV: And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

Greek: και τις γυνη ονοματι λυδια πορφυροπωλις πολεως θυατειρων σεβομενη τον θεον ηκουεν ης ο κυριος διηνοιξεν την καρδιαν προσεχειν τοις λαλουμενοις υπο του παυλου

Latin: et quaedam mulier nomine Lydia purpuraria civitatis Thyatirenorum colens Deum audivit cuius Dominus aperuit cor intendere his quae dicebantur a Paulo

Tyndale: And a certayne woman named Lydia a seller of purple of the cite of Thiatira which worshipped God gave vs audience. Whose hert the Lorde opened that she attended vnto the thinges which Paul spake.

Luther: Und ein gottesfürchtig Weib mit Namen Lydia, eine Purpurkrämerin aus der Stadt der Thyatirer, hörete zu; welcher tat der Herr das Herz auf, daß sie darauf achthatte, was von Paulus geredet ward.

The city of Thyatira is one of the seven cities in the letters of Jesus to seven churches in Asia Minor in Revelation.

Lydia is from Thyatira. Thyatira was a city in the Greek area/province/satrapy of Lydia - an area under Persian, Greek, and then Roman rule in the centuries before Jesus. The capital was at Sardis, another of the seven cities in Revelation.

According to Herodotus, coins were first used in Lydia, about the time of the founding of the city of Sardis. It is usually assumed that the first coins were neither gold nor silver but a mixture called electrum. Over time, other metals were added such as copper, tin, etc.

Herodotus reports that the Etruscans (later the Romans) came from Lydia.

The Greeks considered Tantalus as the original ruler of the mythical Lydia.