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Strong's #5376 - Φίλιππος
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Philip = "lover of horses"
- an apostle of Christ
- an evangelist and one of the seven deacons of the Jerusalem church
- 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)
- see 2542, Caesarea Philippi
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Φίλιππος, Φιλίππου, ὁ, Philip;
1. a son of Herod the Great by his fifth wife, Cleopatra of Jerusalem (Josephus, Antiquities 17, 1, 3), and by far the best of his sons. He was tetrarch of Gaulanitis, Trachonitis, Auranitis, Batanaea. and (according to the disputed statement of Luke 3:1) of Ituraea also (cf. Schürer as below; but see B. D. American edition, under the word Ituraea); and the founder of the cities of Caesarea Philippi (in the Decapolis) and Julias. After having lived long in celibacy, he married Salome, the daughter of Herod (Philip, the disinherited; see below) his halfbrother (Josephus, Antiquities 18, 5, 4). He ruled mildly, justly and wisely thirty-seven years, and in
2. Philip of Bethsaida (in Galilee), one of the apostles: Matthew 10:8; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:14; John 1:43-48(
3. Philip, one of the seven deacons of the church at Jerusalem, and also an 'evangelist' (εὐαγγελιστής. which see): Acts 6:5; Acts 8:5-40; Acts 21:8.
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φίλιππος , -ου , ὁ ,
Philip;
1. the husband of Herodias: Matthew 14:3, Mark 6:17.
2. The tetrarch: Matthew 16:13, Mark 8:27, Luke 3:1.
3. The apostle: Matthew 10:3, Mark 3:18, Luke 6:14, John 1:44-49; John 6:5; John 6:7; John 12:21-22; John 14:8-9, Acts 1:13.
4. The deacon and evangelist: Acts 6:5; Acts 8:5-40; Acts 21:8.†
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χαμαί in its two NT occurrences (Joh. 9:6; Joh. 18:6) means ";to the ground,"; cf. P Lips I. 40ii. 20 (iv/v A.D.) εἶδεν τὰς θύρας χαμαὶ ἐῤῥιμένας and ibiii. 2 ἄλλος ἔβαλεν αὐτὸν χαμαί. The same papyrus shows the other meaning ";on the ground,"; i. 15 ἡ ἔσω (?) καὶ ἡ ἔ ]ξω θυ ̣ρα χαμαι ̣, κεῖνται, and iii. 14.
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