Strong's Number G5359

Φιλαδέλφεια

Philadelpheia · fil-ad-el'-fee-ah

Transliteration:

Philadelpheia{fil-ad-el'-fee-ah}

Word Origin:

from Philadelphos (the same as 5361)

TDNT:

1:144,*

Part of Speech:

proper name location

Strong's Definition:

Philadelphia, a place in Asia Minor

Usage in the KJV:

Philadelphia 2

Total: 2
Occurs 2 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

Philadelphia = "brotherly love"

a city of Lydia in Asia Minor, situated near the eastern base of of Mount Tmolus, founded and named by the Pergamene king, Attalus II Philadelphus. After the death of Attalus III Philometor, 133 BC, it together with his entire kingdom came by his will under the jurisdiction of the Romans.