from
G5384 and
G2462; fond of horses; Philippus, the name of four Israelites:--Philip.
Philip = "lover of horses"
- an apostle of Christ
- an evangelist and one of the seven deacons of the Jerusalem church
- tetrarch of Trachonitis, was brother to Herod Antipas, by the father's, but not by the mother's side. Philip was born of Cleopatra, of Jerusalem, and Herod of Malthace, a Samaritan: he died in the twentieth year of Tiberias, five years after his mention in Lk. 3:1. He built Caesarea Philippi. His step brother Herod Antipas, married his wife unlawfully. (Gill)
- see 2542, Caesarea Philippi
