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Apphia
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Increasing, a female Christian at Colosse (Philemon 1:2), supposed by some to have been the wife of Philemon.
Scripture references
- Philemon 1:1
- Philippians 2
Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(fruitful) a Christian woman addressed jointly with Philemon and Archippus in Phil. 2; apparently a member of Philemon’s household, and not improbably his wife. (A.D. 57)
Scripture references
- Philemon 1:1
- Philippians 2
Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
AP'PHIA, a Christian woman addressed by Paul in Phile 2. From the connection in which she stands, preceding a masculine name and linked so closely to Philemon, it has been reasonably conjectured that she was Philemon's wife.
Scripture references
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
productive; fruitful
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
AP'PHIA, a Christian woman addressed by Paul in Phile 2. From the connection in which she stands, preceding a masculine name and linked so closely to Philemon, it has been reasonably conjectured that she was Philemon's wife.