Lexicon Philadelpheia: Philadelphia, a city of Lydia Original Word: Φιλαδέλφεια, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Philadelpheia Phonetic Spelling: (fil-ad-el'-fee-ah) Short Definition: Philadelphia Definition: Philadelphia, a city of the Roman province Asia. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom philadelphosDefinitionPhiladelphia, a city of Lydia NASB TranslationPhiladelphia (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5359: ΦιλαδέλφειαΦιλαδέλφεια ( T WH Φιλαδέλφεια (cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 87), see Iota), Φιλαδελφειας, ἡ, Philadelphia (now Alahshar, Allahshir (or Ala-Shehr i. e. The White City (Sayce))), a city of Lydia in Asia Minor, situated near the eastern base of Mount Tmolus, founded and named by the Pergamene king Attalus II. Philadelphus. After the death of king Attalus III. Philometor, , it together with his entire kingdom came by his will under the jurisdiction of the Romans: Revelation 1:11; Revelation 3:7.
Strong's Philadelphia. From Philadelphos (the same as philadelphos), a king of Pergamos; Philadelphia, a place in Asia Minor -- Philadelphia. see GREEK philadelphos |
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