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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.


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