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Philippos

Philippos {fil'-ip-pos}
Greek: personal noun masculine

Possible Definitions:
1) Philip meaning "lover of horses" was a resident of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter, John 1:44, and was among the Galilean peasants of that district who flocked to hear the preaching of John the Baptist. Aside from the what is written in the scriptures, little is known of him. Tradition states that he preached in Phrygia, and died at Hierapolis.
2) Philip the evangelist was one of the seven deacons appointed in the church. Acts 6. He is mentioned again in Acts 8 and 21. Tradition places the scene of his death at Hierapolis in Phrygia. According to another, he died bishop of Tralles. The house in which he and his daughters had lived was pointed out to travellers in the time of Jerome.
3) Philip Herod was 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)
4) Caesarea Philippi was a city called by several names. It was called Leshem, Jos. 19:47, which being taken from the Danites, they called it Dan; hence we read of Dan, which is Caesarea. It was called Paneas, from the name of the fountain of Jordan, by which it was situated; which Pliny says, gave the surname of Caesarea; and hence it is called by Ptolomy Caesarea Paniae; and by the name Paneas it went, when Philip the tetrarch rebuilt it, and called it Caesarea, in honour of Tiberias Caesar; and from his own name, Philippi, to distinguish it from another Caesarea, mentioned in Acts, and built by his father, Herod, and so called in honour of Augustus Caesar; which before went by the name of Strabo's Tower. The Misnic doctors speak of two Caesareas, one they call eastern and one they call western. (Gill)

Philippos {fil'-ip-pos}

Greek: personal noun masculine

from 5384 and 2462;

Translated as:

Philip (the apostle) (16 times)

Philip (the evangelist) (16 times)

Philip (Herod) (3 times)

Philippi (an adjunct of Caesarea) (2 times)

Total: 38 times

Philip (the tetrarch) (1 time)

Total: 38 times

Strong's Number 5376

TDNT - omitted,omitted