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Philadelphia

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

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One of the seven churches. (Revelation 3:7) The name is taken from the Greek, and is compounded of Philo, to love; and Adelphos, a brother.

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Hawker, Robert D.D. Entry for 'Philadelphia'. Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance and Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​pmd/​p/philadelphia.html. London. 1828.
 
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