Lexical Summary Paphos: Paphos, a city in Cyprus Original Word: ΠάφοςTransliteration: Paphos Phonetic Spelling: (paf'-os) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: Paphos, a city in Cyprus Meaning: Paphos -- a city in Cyprus Strong's Concordance Paphos. Of uncertain derivation; Paphus, a place in Cyprus -- Paphos. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3974: ΠάφοςΠάφος (perhaps from the root meaning, 'to cozen'; cf. Pape, Eigennamen, under the word), Πάφου, ἡ, Paphos (now Baffa], a maritime city on the island of Cyprus, with a harbor. It was the residence of the Roman proconsul. Old Paphos (now Kuklia), formerly noted for the worship and shrine of Venus (Aphrodite), lay some 7 miles or more southeast of it (Mela 2, 7; Pliny, h. n. 5, 31, 35; Tacitus, hist. 2, 2): Acts 13:6, 13. (Lewin, St. Paul, i. 120ff.) |
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