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Apphia
Biblical Persons & Places
Apphia
Woman living at the time of the New Testament
A woman living at the time of the New Testament, only mentioned at Phm.1.2;
only referred to as Apphia (Ἀπφία).
Strong's Definition
Apphia, a woman of Collosæ
Derivation: probably of foreign origin;
KJV Usage: Apphia
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Ἀπφίᾳ, Ἀπφιας, ἡ, Apphia, name of a woman: Phm_1:2 (Apparently a Phrygian name expressive of endearment, cf. Suïdae Lex., Gaisf. edition, col. 534 a. Ἀπφα: ἀδελφῆς καί ἀδελφοῦ ὑποκόρισμα, etc. cf. ἀπφύς. See fully in Lightfoot's Commentary on Colossians and Philemon, p. 306ff.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Ἀπφία Apphia 1x
Apphia, pr. name, Phm_1:2
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Ἀπφία , -ας , ἡ ,
Apphia : Phm_1:2 ( MM , s.v. ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Ἀπφία [page 73]
To the examples from the inscriptions of this Phrygian proper name given by Lightfoot Colossians .6 p. 306 f. add Perg II. 513 Ἰουλίαν Ἀπφίαν Λικιαννήν , and C. and B. no. 309 (ii. p. 470 Apamea, pagan) Ἀπφία Παπίου μήτηρ . In JBL xxvii. pt. ii. p. 145 Hatch cites three instances of the form Ἀφία from PAS iii. 482, 508, 594 (Pisidia and Phrygia). In noting that the name is not to be found in the Magnesian inscriptions Thieme (p. 39) quotes K. Buresch Aus Lydien , Leipzig, 1898, p. 44, to the effect : Der Name (Ἁφίας ) gehφrt einer grossen in W(est)-Kleinasien und besonders N(ord)-Lydien sehr verbreiteten Namenfamilie an, deren Mitglieder mit ππ , πφ , φφ , φ geschrieben erscheinen. See also Radermacher Gr. p. 40 n .1 , who supports from an early Lycian inscr. the spelling Ἀφφία (found in D).
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
Ἀπφία, -ας, ἡ
Apphia: Phm 2 (MM, see word).†
(AS)