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Philip Lover of horses
Philip is a Greek name meaning lover of horses. One of the twelve, and also the evangelist who explained Isaiah to an Ethiopian on a desert road.
Where the name comes from
Φίλιππος Phílippos — fond of horses; Philippus, the name of four Israelites. Strong's G5376 derives it: from G5384 (φίλος) and G2462 (ἵππος).
Philip in Scripture
The name appears in 35 verses, first at Matthew 10:3.
Matthew 10:3 · KJV
Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
Matthew 14:3 · KJV
For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.
Mark 3:18 · KJV
And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
Mark 6:17 · KJV
For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.
Luke 3:1 · KJV
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
Luke 3:19 · KJV
But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
Luke 6:14 · KJV
Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
John 1:43 · KJV
The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
John 1:44 · KJV
Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
John 1:45 · KJV
Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
John 1:46 · KJV
And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
John 1:48 · KJV
Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
and 23 more.
Who bore the name
Read the story: Bible verses about the Twelve Disciples.
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