Strongs Number: G5376
- Greek Word
- Φίλιππος
- Transliteration
- Philippos
- Phonetic
- fil'-ip-pos
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
fond of horses; Philippus the name of four Israelites
- Thayers Definition
-
Philip = "lover of horses"
1. an apostle of Christ
2. an evangelist and one of the seven deacons of the Jerusalem church
3. tetrarch of Trachonitis, was brother to Herod Antipas, by the father's, but not by the mother's side. Philip was born of Cleopatra, of Jerusalem, and Herod of Malthace, a Samaritan: he died in the twentieth year of Tiberias, five years after his mention in Lk. 3:1. He built Caesarea Philippi. His step brother Herod Antipas, married his wife unlawfully. (Gill)
4. see 2542, Caesarea Philippi
- Origin
- From G5384 and G2462
- Bible Usage
- Philip.