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Lexicon :: Strong's G3974 - paphos

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Πάφος
Transliteration
paphos (Key)
Pronunciation
paf'-os
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
mGNT
2x in 1 unique form(s)
TR
2x in 1 unique form(s)
LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Πάφος Páphos, paf'-os; of uncertain derivation; Paphus, a place in Cyprus:—Paphos.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G3974 in the following manner: Paphos (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G3974 in the following manner: Paphos (2x).
  1. 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.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Πάφος Páphos, paf'-os; of uncertain derivation; Paphus, a place in Cyprus:—Paphos.
STRONGS G3974:
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.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
13:6; 13:13

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Strong's Number G3974 matches the Greek Πάφος (paphos),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:6 - And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, G3974 they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:13 - Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, G3974 they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
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