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Philippi
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Philippi
Philippi
A location first mentioned at Act.16.12;
referred to as Philippi (Φίλιπποι), or Philippian (Φιλιππήσιος).
Strong's Definition
Philippi, a place in Macedonia
Derivation: plural of G5376 (Φίλιππος);
KJV Usage: Philippi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Φίλιπποι, Φιλίππων, οἱ (on the plural cf. Winers Grammar, § 27, 3), Philippi, a city of Macedonia Prima (see B. D., under the word Macedonia), situated on (near) the northern coast of the Aegean Sea, between the rivers Strymon and Nestus, and the cities Neapolis and Ampbipolis. It took its name from Philip I. of Macedon, who built it up from a village called Κρηνιδες, and adorned and fortified it: Act_16:12 (on this passage, see κολωνία); ; Php_1:1; 1Th_2:2. (See Lightfoot's Commentary on Philippians, Introduction, iii.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Φίλιπποι Philippoi 4x
Philippi, a considerable city of Macedonia, east of Amphipolis, Act_16:12 ; Act_20:6 ; Php_1:1 ; 1Th_2:2 ; 1 Thessalonians 1 & 2 Cor. subscr.*. See PhotoGuide.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φίλιπποι , -ων , οἱ
(on the pl ., v. WM , § 27, 3),
Philippi: Act_16:12 ; Act_20:6 , Php_1:1 , 1Th_2:2 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Φίλιπποι [page 670]
For Philippi, a Roman colony, and consequently a miniature likeness of the great Roman people, see Lightfoot Philippians 2 , p. 49 f., and for the description of it as πρώτη τῆς μερίδος Μακεδονίας πολις in Act. 16:12, see s.v. μέρις .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
φίλιπποι, -ων, οἱ
(on the pl., see WM, § 27, 3)
Philippi: Act.16:12 20:6, Php.1:1, 1Th.2:2.†
(AS)