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G3974 Πάφος (Páphos)
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Πάφος, ου, ἡ n.f. Paphos

Strong's Definition

of uncertain derivation; Paphus, a place in Cyprus

KJV Usage: Paphos

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun-name, f. | -ου

93.549 · Names of Persons and Places · Places

Paphos a city on the southwest coast of the island of Cyprus

ACT 13:6 · ACT 13:13

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Πάφος [perh. fr. r. meaning ‘to cozen’; cf. Pape, Eigennamen, 8. v.], του, ἡ, Paphos [now Baffa], a maritime city on the island of Cyprus, witha harbor. It was the residence of the Roman proconsul. “Old Paphos” [now Kuklia], formerly noted for the worship and shrine of Venus [Aphrodite], lay some 7 miles or more S. E. of it (Mela 2, 7; Plin. h. n. 5, 31.35; Tac. hist. 2, 2): Acts xiii. 6,13. [Lewin, St. Paul, i. 120 sqq.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Πάφος Paphos 2x

Paphos, the chief city in the island of Cyprus. See PhotoGuide.

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Πάφος, -ου, ἡ, Paphos, a city in Cyprus: Ac 13:6, 13.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Πάφος (Paphos) — Paphos. Paphos , a town in Cyprus celebrated for its temple of Aphrodite, [8th/7th c.BC]:—;adjective πάφιος, η, ον, of Aphrodite, [5th/4th c.BC] (Middle Liddel)

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