Φίλιπποι
Philippoi · Philippi
Greek word · Strong’s number G5375 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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Philippoi (Φίλιπποι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Philippi”.
A city of Macedonia and a Roman colony.
How to say it
Phi·lip·poi
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
Philippi
Today: Philippi ruins, near Kavala, Greece
A Roman city in Macedonia, in northern Greece, about 9 miles (15 km) inland from the Aegean Sea.
There Paul met Lydia and was jailed with Silas; the jailer believed (Acts 16:12-34). He wrote the letter to the Philippians to its assembly (Phil 1:1).
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Where it appears
- Acts 16:12
and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia, a Roman colony. And we were staying in this city some days.
- Acts 20:6
But we sailed away after the days of Unleavened Bread from Philippi, and came to them at Troas within five days, where we stayed seven days.
- Philippians 1:1
Paul and Timothy, slaves of the Messiah Jesus, to all the saints in the Messiah Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and servants:
- 1 Thessalonians 2:2
but, though we had already suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to speak to you the good news of God in much struggle.