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Strong's #5359: Philadelpheia (pronounced fil-ad-el'-fee-ah)

from Philadelphos (the same as 5361), a king of Pergamos; Philadelphia, a place in Asia Minor:--Philadelphia.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Philadelpheia

Philadelphia = "brotherly love"

1) a city of Lydia in Asia Minor, situated near the eastern base of of Mount Tmolus, founded and named by the Pergamene king, Attalus II Philadelphus. After the death of Attalus III Philometor, 133 BC, it together with his entire kingdom came by his will under the jurisdiction of the Romans.

Part of Speech: noun proper locative

Relation: from Philadelphos (the same as G5361)




Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

Revelation 1:11: "and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto"
Revelation 3:7: "of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy,"









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