Strong's Number 5376

Transliteration:
Philippos {fil'-ip-pos}
Word Origin:
from 5384 and 2462
Part of Speech:
proper name masculine
Usage in the KJV:
Philip (the apostle) 16, Philip (the evangelist) 16, Philip (Herod) 3, Philippi (an adjunct of Caesarea) 2, Philip (the tetrarch) 1

Total: 38
Definition:
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 2542, Caesarea Philippi