Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Πάφος
- Transliteration
- Paphos
- Language
- Greek
- Part of speech
- N:N-F-L
- Indexed occurrences
- 2
Glosses
Paphos
Lexicon definition
Πάφος, -ου, ἡ Paphos, a city in Cyprus: Act.13:6, 13 † (AS)
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Paphos
A celebrated city of Cyprus, lying on the western coast of the island, where Venus (who from hence took the name of Paphia) had her most ancient and most famous temple; and here the Roman proconsul, Sergius Paulus, resided, whom St. Paphos is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “which boils, or is very hot.” This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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Study overview
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- Subject type
- Subject
- Strong’s
- G3974
- Greek
- Πάφος · Paphos
- Name meaning
- which boils, or is very hot According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Strong’s and original-language information
G3974
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
Πάφος
- Transliteration
- Páphos
- Language
- Greek
- Indexed occurrences
- 2
Glosses
Paphos
Lexicon definition
Paphus, a place in Cyprus
Hebrew lexical coverage
No safely matched Hebrew Strong’s entry
The installed lexicons do not contain a sufficiently exact Hebrew word-level match for this study. UNLEARN leaves this language unassigned instead of displaying an unrelated Strong’s record.
Complete dictionary entries
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Paphos
which boils, or is very hot
Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources
A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
PAPHOS
a celebrated city of Cyprus, lying on the western coast of the island, where Venus (who from hence took the name of Paphia) had her most ancient and most famous temple; and here the Roman proconsul, Sergius Paulus, resided, whom St. Paul converted to Christianity, Acts xiii, 6.
Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources
Concordance
Strong's Concordance
Paphos
Indexed occurrences: 2
Source: Strong's Concordance · View data sources
All Scripture references2 references
Acts 2
Topical Bible
Nave's Topical Bible
PAPHOS
Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for PAPHOS.
Indexed references: 1
Scripture references:
Source: Nave's Topical Bible · View data sources
Bible Names
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Paphos
Meaning:
which boils, or is very hot
Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources
Sources
- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
Related UNLEARN Content3 items
Topic
PAPHOS
Nave’s Topical Bible references for PAPHOS.
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Bar-jesus
Son of Joshua, the patronymic of Elymas the sorcerer (Acts 13:6), who met Paul and Barnabas at Paphos. Elymas is a word of Arabic origin meaning "wise."
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Paphos
which boils, or is very hot
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