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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - Πάφος
Πάφος
G3974
Transliteration: Páphos
Pronunciation: paf'-os
Definition: Paphos
- Original: Πάφος - Transliteration: Paphos - Phonetic: paf'-os
- Definition: Paphos = "boiling or hot"
1. a maritime city on the west end of Cyprus, with a harbour. It was the residence of a Roman proconsul. "Old Paphos" was noted for the worship and shrine of Venus (Aphrodite) and lay some 7 miles (10 km) to the south-east of it.
- Origin: of uncertain derivation - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Location - Strong's: Of uncertain derivative; Paphus a place in Cyprus: - Paphos.