G5376 – Philippos – Φίλιππος – Philip
- Strong’s ID:
- G5376
- Greek Word:
- Φίλιππος
- Transliteration:
- philippos / Philippos
- Pronunciation:
- fil’-ip-pos
- Part of Speech:
- noun proper masculine
- Usage Count:
- 38
- Search:
- Find “Philippos” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G5384 and G2462; fond of horses; Philippus, the name of four Israelites:—Philip.
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
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 G2542, Caesarea Philippi
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.