Φίλιπποι

Φίλιπποι — Phílippoi

Φίλιπποι, Φιλίππων, οἱ (on the plural cf. Winers Grammar, § 27, 3), Philippi, a city of Macedonia Prima (see B. D., under the word Macedonia), situated on (near) the northern coast of the Aegean Sea, between the rivers Strymon and Nestus, and the cities Neapolis and Ampbipolis. It took its name from Philip I. of Macedon, who built it up from a village called Κρηνιδες, and adorned and fortified it: Act 16:12 (on this passage, see κολωνία);; Php 1:1; 1Th 2:2. (See Lightfoot's Commentary on Philippians, Introduction, iii.)