3974. Paphos
Strong's Concordance
Paphos: Paphos, a city in Cyprus
Original Word: Πάφος, ου, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: Paphos
Phonetic Spelling: (paf'-os)
Short Definition: Paphos
Definition: Paphos, a city at the western end of Cyprus.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3974: Πάφος

Πάφος (perhaps from the root meaning, 'to cozen'; cf. Pape, Eigennamen, under the word), Πάφου, , Paphos (now Baffa], a maritime city on the island of Cyprus, with a harbor. It was the residence of the Roman proconsul. Old Paphos (now Kuklia), formerly noted for the worship and shrine of Venus (Aphrodite), lay some 7 miles or more southeast of it (Mela 2, 7; Pliny, h. n. 5, 31, 35; Tacitus, hist. 2, 2): Acts 13:6, 13. (Lewin, St. Paul, i. 120ff.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Paphos.

Of uncertain derivation; Paphus, a place in Cyprus -- Paphos.

Forms and Transliterations
Παφου Πάφου πάχει πάχη πάχνη πάχνην πάχος Paphou Páphou
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Strong's Greek 3974
2 Occurrences


Πάφου — 2 Occ.

Acts 13:6 N-GFS
GRK: νῆσον ἄχρι Πάφου εὗρον ἄνδρα
NAS: as far as Paphos, they found
KJV: unto Paphos, they found
INT: island as far as Paphos they found a fellow

Acts 13:13 N-GFS
GRK: ἀπὸ τῆς Πάφου οἱ περὶ
NAS: put out to sea from Paphos and came
KJV: loosed from Paphos, they came to
INT: from Paphos [with] those about [him]

2 Occurrences

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