Word: filippoj

Pronounce: fil'-ip-pos

Strongs Number: G5376

Orig: from 5384 and 2462; fond of horses; Philippus, the name of four Israelites:--Philip. G5384

Use: Noun Masculine

Heb Strong:

    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 Lu 3:1. He built Caesarea Philippi. His step brother Herod Antipas, married his wife unlawfully. (Gill)
    4) see G2542 , Caesarea Philippi