Strong's Concordance
Apphia: Apphia, a Christian woman in Colossae
Original Word: Ἀπφία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: Apphia
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-fee'-a)
Short Definition: Apphia
Definition: Apphia, a Christian lady of Colossae, either wife or sister of Philemon.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 682: ἈπφίᾳἈπφίᾳ,
Ἀπφιας,
ἡ,
Apphia, name of a woman:
Philemon 1:2 (Apparently a Phrygian name expressive of endearment, cf. Suïdae Lex., Gaisf. edition, col. 534 a.
Ἀπφα:
ἀδελφῆς καί ἀδελφοῦ ὑποκόρισμα, etc. cf.
ἀπφύς. See fully in
Lightfoot's Commentary on Colossians and Philemon, p. 306ff.)
