noun · masculine
filippos
Strong’sG5376
Philip
stem filipp-36 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Philip, a man's personal name 4. It derives from a Greek word meaning fond of horses, "horse-loving" 23, though in the New Testament it functions simply as a proper name, not as a descriptive term 3.
In the New Testament the name is borne by several different men: the husband of Herodias, a tetrarch, one of the twelve apostles, and a deacon and evangelist 1. Strong's notes more broadly that it was used as a name for four different Israelites 2.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
φίλιππος, -ου, ὁ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5376 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
fond of horses, horse-loving, Refs 5th c.BC+; φ. ἄστυ Θήβας restored in Refs 5th c.BC+:— superlative φιλιππότατος Refs 5th c.BC+
II as masculine proper name, Refs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | filippos14×Φίλιππος | filippois |
| object accusative | filippon9×Φίλιππον | filippoin |
| direct address vocative | filippor1×Φίλιππε | filippoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | filippou7×Φιλίππου | filippoiu |
| to, for dative | filippo5×Φιλίππῳ | filippoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
filippo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
36 occurrences, every one of them listed
filippos“Philip”subjectnominative singular14×
Matthew 10:3Filippos kai Bartholomaios, Thōmos kai Mathaios tos …Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the …
John 1:44ate de tos Filippos apo Bēthsaida, ek tau polau Andreou …Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town …
John 1:45heuriskatō Filippos ton Nathanaēl kai legatō auto; Hon …Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We …
John 1:46… tinem agathem arō? legatō auto tos Filippos; Erchosōr kai horasar.… Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.
John 6:7apokrinita auto Filippos; Diakosioi dēnarieiu artois ouk arkalō autoi …Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not …
John 12:22erchotō tos Filippos kai legatō to Andreo; erchotō Andreos …Philip relayed this appeal to Andrew, and …
John 12:22“Philip”… legatō to Andreo; erchotō Andreos kai Filippos kai legalō to Iēso.… appeal to Andrew, and both of them went and told Jesus.
John 14:8Legatō auto Filippos; Kurior, deikasar ni ton patron, kai …Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us …
Acts 1:13… kai Iōannos kai Iakōbos kai Andreos, Filippos kai Thōmos, Bartholomaios kai Mathaios, Iakōbos …… Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James …
Acts 8:5Filippos de katercharantos eis tan polan tau …Philip went down to a city in …
Acts 8:30prostrecharantos de tos Filippos akouata autou anagnōskarōntou Ēsaion ton profēton …So Philip ran up and heard the man …
Acts 8:35anoigarantos de tos Filippos tem stomem autou kai archerantos apo …Then Philip began with this very Scripture and …
Acts 8:38… amfoterois eis tem hudem tos tē Filippos kai tos eunouchos, kai baptizata auton.… went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.
Acts 8:40Filippos de heuriskita eis Azōtan, kai dierchorōntos …But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through …
filippon“Philip”objectaccusative singular9×
Mark 3:18kai Andreon kai Filippon kai Bartholomaion kai Mathaion kai Thōmon …Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of …
Luke 6:14… autou kai Iakōbon kai Iōannon kai Filippon kai Bartholomaion… his brother Andrew; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;
John 1:43… exerchara eis tan Galilaian. kai heuriskatō Filippon kai legatō auto tos Iēsus; Akolouthasōr …… to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”
John 1:48… kai legata auto; Pro teu sin Filippon fōnara arōnton hupo tan sukan horama …… me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under …
John 6:5… ochlos erchotō pros auton legatō pros Filippon; Pothen agorazaneia artoin hina esthialeia houtois?… coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for …
Acts 6:5… plēros pistiau kai pneumeu hagieu, kai Filippon kai Prochoron kai Nikanoron kai Timōnon …… the Holy Spirit, as well as Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas …
Acts 8:26Angelos de kuriou lalata pros Filippon legarōntos; Anastēasar kai poreuosōr kata mesēmbrian …… angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to …
Acts 8:31… tinos hodēgati min? parakalata tē ton Filippon anabainaranton kathizara sun auto.… someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with …
Acts 8:39… teu hudeu, pneumem kuriou harpazata ton Filippon, kai ouk horata auton ouketi tos …… the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him …
filippor“Philip”direct addressvocative singular1×
John 14:9… vu amō kai ouk gnōskasē min, Filippor? tos horarēntos min horatē ton patron; …Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all …
filippou“Philip”of, belonging togenitive singular7×
Matthew 14:3… fulaka apotitheta dia Hērōdiadan tan gunaikan Filippou tou adelfou autou,… on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
Matthew 16:13… Iēsus eis teim mereim Kaisareiau tau Filippou erōtate toin mathētoin autou legarōntos; Tinon …… came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, He questioned His disciples: “Who do …
Mark 6:17… en fulaka dia Hērōdiadan tan gunaikan Filippou tou adelfou autou, hoti autan gamata;… imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.
Mark 8:27… autou eis tain kōmain Kaisareiau tau Filippou; kai en ta hoda eperōtate toin …… on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way, He questioned His …
Luke 3:1… Ioudaiau, kai tetraarcharōntou tau Galilaiau Hērōdou, Filippou de tou adelfou autou tetraarcharōntou tau …… Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and …
Acts 8:6“Philip”… tois ochlois tei legorōntei hupo tou Filippou homothumadōs en te akouarō autoin kai …The crowds all paid close attention to Philip’s message and to the signs they saw him …
Acts 21:8… Kaisareian, kai eisercharantois eis ton oikon Filippou tou euangelistou arōntou ek toiu hepta …… and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of …
filippo“Philip”to, fordative singular5×
John 12:21houtois oun proserchala Filippo to apo Bēthsaida tau Galilaiau, kai …They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee …
Acts 8:12hote de pisteuala to Filippo euangelizorōnto peri tau basileiau tou theou …But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of …
Acts 8:13… pisteuata, kai baptizirantos ate proskarterarōntos to Filippo, theōrarōntos tē sēmeim kai dunamiain megain …… believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the …
Acts 8:29legata de tem pneumem to Filippo; Proserchasar kai kollisar te harme houte.The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and …
Acts 8:34“Philip”apokrinirantos de tos eunouchos to Filippo legata; Domō su, peri tinou tos …“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking …