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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Philippi 
  n  :  Octavian  and  Mark  Antony  defeated  Brutus  and  Cassius  in  42 
  BC  [syn:  {Philippi},  {battle  of  Philippi}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Philippi,  WV  (city,  FIPS  63292) 
  Location:  39.15215  N,  80.04425  W 
  Population  (1990):  3132  (1342  housing  units) 
  Area:  6.7  sq  km  (land),  0.2  sq  km  (water) 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Philippi 
  (1.)  Formerly  Crenides  "the  fountain,"  the  capital  of  the 
  province  of  Macedonia.  It  stood  near  the  head  of  the  Sea,  about 
  8  miles  north-west  of  Kavalla.  It  is  now  a  ruined  village, 
  called  Philibedjik  Philip  of  Macedonia  fortified  the  old 
  Thracian  town  of  Crenides  and  called  it  after  his  own  name 
  Philippi  (B.C.  359-336).  In  the  time  of  the  Emperor  Augustus 
  this  city  became  a  Roman  colony,  i.e.,  a  military  settlement  of 
  Roman  soldiers,  there  planted  for  the  purpose  of  controlling  the 
  district  recently  conquered.  It  was  a  "miniature  Rome,"  under 
  the  municipal  law  of  Rome,  and  governed  by  military  officers, 
  called  duumviri,  who  were  appointed  directly  from  Rome.  Having 
  been  providentially  guided  thither,  here  Paul  and  his  companion 
  Silas  preached  the  gospel  and  formed  the  first  church  in  Europe. 
  (See  {LYDIA}.)  This  success  stirred  up  the  enmity  of  the 
  people,  and  they  were  "shamefully  entreated"  (Acts  16:9-40;  1 
  Thess.  2:2).  Paul  and  Silas  at  length  left  this  city  and 
  proceeded  to  Amphipolis  (q.v.). 
 
  (2.)  When  Philip  the  tetrarch,  the  son  of  Herod,  succeeded  to 
  the  government  of  the  northern  portion  of  his  kingdom,  he 
  enlarged  the  city  of  Paneas  and  called  it  Caesarea,  in  honour 
  of  the  emperor.  But  in  order  to  distinguish  it  from  the  Caesarea 
  on  the  sea  coast,  he  added  to  it  subsequently  his  own  name  and 
  called  it  Caesarea-Philippi  (q.v.). 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Philippi,  same  as  Philip,  in  the  plural 
 




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