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Easton's Bible Dictionary - Apphia

Apphia [N] [H] [S]

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

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M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.
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Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Apphia". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Apphia

Apphia [N] [E] [S]

productive; fruitful
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Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Apphia'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.

Smith's Bible Dictionary - Apphia

Apphia [N] [E] [H]

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

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
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[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names
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Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Apphia'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Apphia

APPHIA

af'-i-a, ap'-fi-a (Apphia, dative case of Apphia; in Philemon 1:2, though Apphia, Amphia, and Appia, also occur):

A Christian of Colosse, probably the wife of Philemon; certainly a member of his household, greeted as "the sister" the Revised Version, margin. In the Greek church, November 22 is sacred to her memory. It has been supposed, since this epistle concerns one household exclusively, that Apphia was Philemon's wife and the mother or sister of Archippus (which see). She was stoned to death with Philemon, Onesimus, and Archippus in the reign of Nero. (See Lightfoot, Col., 372.)

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'APPHIA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.