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G5376

G5376 — Φίλιππος

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekPhilipposName PersonOccurrences: 36

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G5376
Word:Φίλιππος
Part of Speech:Name Person
Etymology:from G5384 and G2462
Language:Greek
Occurrences:36
Transliteration:Philippos
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:fil'-ip-pos
Meaning:1. fond of horses 2. Philippus, the name of four Israelites
KJV Renderings:Philip

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Φίλιππος, Φιλίππου, , 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 Luk 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 A.D. 34 died without issue, leaving a grateful memory of his reign in the minds of his subjects (Josephus, Antiquities 18, 2, 1 and 4, 6; b. j. 2, 9, 1): Mat 16:13; Mar 8:27; Luk 3:1; cf. Keim, in Schenkel iii., p. 40ff; Schürer, Neutest. Zeitgesch. § 17, a.; (BB. DD.). In Mat 14:3; Mar 6:17. and Luk 3:19 Rec. it is said that his wife was Herodias (see Ἡρῳδιάς); thus Herod, the son of Herod the Great by Mariamne the daughter of the high priest Simon (Josephus, Antiquities 18, 5, 1; b. j. 1, 28, 4), who lived as a private citizen in comparative obscurity and was the first husband of Herodias (Josephus, Antiquities 18, 5, 4), seems to have been confounded with Philip, who as a ruler was better known (cf. Volkmar, Ueber ein. histor. Irrthum in den Evangg., in Zeller’s Theol. Jahrbb. for 1846, p. 363ff). Many interpreters (see especially Krebs, Observations, etc., p. 37f; (Deyling, Observations, sacr. vol. ii. (2nd edition), p. 342ff)), in vindication of the Evangelists, make the somewhat improbable conjecture that the first husband of Herodias had two names, one a family name Herod, the other a proper name Philip; (yet so Winer, RWB, under the word Philippus, 5; BB. DD.; Gerlach in the Zeitschr. f. Luth. Theol. for 1869, p. 32f; Meyer on Matthew, the passage cited; Weiss on Mark, the passage cited).

2. Philip of Bethsaida (in Galilee), one of the apostles: Mat 10:8; Mar 3:18; Luk 6:14; Joh 1:43-48(); f; Act 1:13.

3. Philip, one of the seven deacons of the church at Jerusalem, and also an ’evangelist’ (εὐαγγελιστής. which see): Act 6:5; Act 8:5-40; Act 21:8.

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

Φίλιππος (Philip)

Matthew 10:3

KJV: Philip and Bartholomew Thomas and Matthew the publican James of Alphaeus and Lebbaeus whose surname was Thaddaeus
GK: Φίλιππος και Βαρθολομαίος Θωμάς και Ματθαίος ο τελώνης Ιάκωβος ο του Αλφαίου και Λεββαίος ο επικληθείς Θαδδαίος

Matthew 14:3

KJV: For Herod had laid hold on John and bound him and put in prison for Herodias’ sake his brother Philip’s wife
GK: ο γαρ Ηρώδης κρατήσας τον Ιωάννην έδησεν αυτόν και έθετο εν φυλακή διά Ηρωδιάδα την γυναίκα Φιλίππου του αδελφού αυτού

Matthew 16:13

KJV: When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples saying Whom do men say that I the Son of man am
GK: ελθών δε ο Ιησούς εις τα μέρη Καισαρείας της Φιλίππου ηρώτα τους μαθητάς αυτού λέγων τίνα με λέγουσιν οι άνθρωποι είναι τον υιόν του ανθρώπου

Mark 3:18

KJV: And Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew and Matthew and Thomas and James the of Alphaeus and Thaddaeus and Simon the Canaanite
GK: και Ανδρέαν και Φίλιππον και Βαρθολομαίον και Ματθαίον και Θωμάν και Ιάκωβον τον του Αλφαίου και Θαδδαίον και Σίμωνα τον Κανανίτην

Mark 6:17

KJV: For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake his brother Philip’s wife for he had married her
GK: αυτός γαρ ο Ηρώδης αποστείλας εκράτησε τον Ιωάννην και έδησεν αυτόν εν τη φυλακή διά Ηρωδιάδα την γυναίκα Φιλίππου του αδελφού αυτού ότι αυτήν εγάμησεν

Mark 8:27

KJV: And Jesus went out and his disciples into the towns of Cæsarea Philippi and by the way he asked his disciples saying unto them Whom do men say that I am
GK: και εξήλθεν ο Ιησούς και οι μαθηταί αυτού εις τας κώμας Καισαρείας της Φιλίππου και εν τη οδώ επηρώτα τους μαθητάς αυτού λέγων αυτοίς τίνα με λέγουσιν οι άνθρωποι είναι

Luke 3:1

KJV: Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene
GK: εν έτει δε πεντεκαιδεκάτω της ηγεμονίας Τιβερίου Καίσαρος ηγεμονεύοντος Ποντίου Πιλάτου της Ιουδαίας και τετραρχούντος της Γαλιλαίας Ηρώδου Φιλίππου δε του αδελφού αυτού τετραρχούντος της Ιτουραίας και Τραχωνίτιδος χώρας και Λυσανίου της Αβιληνής τετραρχούντος

Luke 3:19

KJV: But Herod the tetrarch being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife and for all the evils which Herod had done
GK: ο δε Ηρώδης ο τετράρχης ελεγχόμενος υπ΄ αυτού περί Ηρωδιάδος της γυναικός του αδελφού αυτού Φιλιππου και περί πάντων ων εποίησε πονηρών ο Ηρώδης

Luke 6:14

KJV: Simon whom he also named Peter and Andrew his brother James and John Philip and Bartholomew
GK: Σίμωνα ον και ωνόμασεν Πέτρον και Ανδρέαν τον αδελφόν αυτού Ιάκωβον και Ιωάννην Φίλιππον και Βαρθολομαίον
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