G5359 – Philadelpheia, Philadelphia – Φιλαδέλφεια, Φιλαδελφία – Philadelphia
- Strong’s ID:
- G5359
- Greek Word:
- Φιλαδέλφεια, Φιλαδελφία
- Transliteration:
- Philadelpheia, Philadelphia
- Pronunciation:
- fil-ad-el’-fee-ah
- Part of Speech:
- noun proper locative
- Usage Count:
- 2
- Search:
- Find “Philadelpheia, Philadelphia” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from Φιλαδελφος Philadelphos (the same as G5361), a king of Pergamos; Philadelphia, a place in Asia Minor:—Philadelphia.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
Philadelphia = “brotherly love”
1) a city of Lydia in Asia Minor, situated near the eastern base of of Mount Tmolus, founded and named by the Pergamene king, Attalus II Philadelphus. After the death of Attalus III Philometor, 133 BC, it together with his entire kingdom came by his will under the jurisdiction of the Romans.
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.