Lexicon Paphos: Paphos, a city in Cyprus Original Word: Πάφος, ου, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Paphos Phonetic Spelling: (paf'-os) Short Definition: Paphos Definition: Paphos, a city at the western end of Cyprus. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain origin DefinitionPaphos, a city in Cyprus NASB TranslationPaphos (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3974: ΠάφοςΠάφος (perhaps from the root meaning, 'to cozen'; cf. Pape, Eigennamen, under the word), Πάφου, ἡ, Paphos (now Baffa], a maritime city on the island of Cyprus, with a harbor. It was the residence of the Roman proconsul. Old Paphos (now Kuklia), formerly noted for the worship and shrine of Venus (Aphrodite), lay some 7 miles or more southeast of it ( Mela 2, 7; Pliny, h. n. 5, 31, 35; Tacitus, hist. 2, 2): Acts 13:6, 13. (Lewin, St. Paul, i. 120ff.)
Strong's Paphos. Of uncertain derivation; Paphus, a place in Cyprus -- Paphos. |
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