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Apphia

Increasing, a female Christian at Colosse (Philemon 1:2), supposed by some to have been the wife of Philemon.

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(fruitful) a Christian woman addressed jointly with Philemon and Archippus in Phil. 2; apparently a member of Philemon’s household, and not improbably his wife. (A.D. 57)

In the Bible

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Verses where Apphia is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Philemon 1:2

    to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets at your house:

Scripture on Apphia

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Apphia references

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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