Philippi
fi-lip'-i (Philippoi, ethnic Philippesios, Phil 4:15):
1. Position and Name:
A city of Macedonia, situated in 41ø 5' North latitude and
24ø 16' East longitude. It lay on the Egnatian Road, 33
Roman miles from Amphipolis and 21 from Acontisma, in a
plain bounded on the East and North by the mountains which
lie between the rivers Zygactes and Nes...
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(A city of Macedonia)
-Paul preaches in
Ac 16:12-40; 20:1-6; 1Th 2:2
-Contributes to the maintenance of Paul
Php 4:10-18
-Paul sends Epaphroditus to
Php 2:25
-Paul writes a letter to the Christians of
Php 1:1...
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(named from Philip of Macedonia), a city of Macedonia about
nine miles from the sea, to the northwest of the island of
Thasos which is twelve miles distant from its port Neapolis,
the modern Kavalla. It is situated in a plain between the
ranges of Pangaeus and Haemus. The Philippi which St. Paul
visited was a Roman colony founded by Augustus a...
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(1.) Formerly Crenides, "the fountain," the capital of the
province of Macedonia. It stood near the head of the
Sea, about
8 miles north-west of Kavalla. It is now a ruined
village,
called Philibedjik. Philip of Macedonia fortified
the old
Thracian town of Crenides, and called it after his
own name
Philippi (B.C. 359-336). In the time of t...
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A city of Macedon, in a plain between the Pangaeus arid
Haemus ranges, nine miles from the sea. Paul from the port
Neapolis (Kavalla) on the coast (Acts 16:11) reached
Philippi by an ancient paved road over the steep range
Symbolum (which runs from the W. end of Haemus to the S. end
of Pangaeus) in his second missionary journey, A.D 51. The
w...
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same as Philip - warlike; a lover of horses...
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Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the
saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops
and deacons:...
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And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened
bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we
abode seven days....
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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and
the communion of the Holy Ghost, [be] with you all. Amen.
<[The second [epistle] to the Corinthians was written from
Philippi, [a city] of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.]>...
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And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of
Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples,
saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?...
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