Philip
Philip, the half-brother of Philip the Tetrarch, and Herod Antipas who took Philip's wife, leading to John the Baptist's condemnation of their marriage.
The name Philip means “warlike; a lover of horses”
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Summary
Herod Philip I living at the time of the New Testament, first mentioned at Matthew 14:3; referred to as Philip (Φίλιππος); son of Herod 'the Great'; a brother of Ethnarch Herod Archelaus, Herod Antipas I and Herod Philip II; husband of Herodias; father of Salome.
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- ΦίλιπποςPhilip
Mentions
- Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
- For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.
- But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,