Strong's Number G5376

Philippos{fil'-ip-pos}

from 5384 and 2462

proper name masculine

Philip (the apostle) 16, Philip (the evangelist) 16, Philip (Herod) 3, Philippi (an adjunct of Caesarea) 2, Philip (the tetrarch) 1

Total: 38

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