Φίλιπποι
From LSJ
εἶκε θυμοῦ καὶ μετάστασιν δίδου → retreat from your anger and allow yourself to change
French (Bailly abrégé)
ων (οἱ) :
les plaines de Philippes, en Macédoine.
Étymologie: Φίλιππος;
l’auteur de ce dictionnaire y a travaillé.
English (Strong)
plural of Φίλιππος; Philippi, a place in Macedonia: Philippi.
English (Thayer)
Φιλίππων, οἱ (on the plural cf. Winer s Grammar, § 27,3), Philippi, a city of Macedonia Prima (see B. D., under the word Macedonia), situated on (near) the northern coast of the Aegean Sea, between the rivers Strymon and Nestus, and the cities Neapolis and Ampbipolis. It took its name from Philip I. of Macedon, who built it up from a village called Κρηνιδες, and adorned and fortified it: κολωνία); Lightfoot's Commentary on Philippians , Introduction, iii.)
