Φιλαδέλφεια
Philadelpheia · Philadelphia
Greek word · Strong’s number G5359 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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Philadelpheia (Φιλαδέλφεια) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Philadelphia”.
A city in the province of Asia.
How to say it
Phi·la·del·phei·a
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
The place
Philadelphia
Today: Alaşehir (Philadelphia), Turkey
A city in western Turkey today, about 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Sardis.
It is one of the seven assemblies of Asia. Jesus set before it an open door and encouraged it to hold on (Rev 3:7-8).
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Revelation 1:11
saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”
- Revelation 3:7
And to the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: This is what the Holy One, the True One, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and shuts and no one opens, says: