Lexicon :: Strong's G3974 - paphos

Πάφος
Transliteration
paphos (Key)
Pronunciation
paf'-os
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, ἡ, 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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