Bible Person
Meaning: warlike; a lover of horses · Male · 3 cross references
This Philip entry refers to Herod Philip, son of Herod the Great and first husband of Herodias, not to Philip the apostle or Philip the evangelist. He appears in the background of the John the Baptist and Herod Antipas scandal. First appears in Matt 14:3.1
AI summary: This Philip matters because the cross references place him within the tangled Herodian family politics that lead to John's imprisonment and eventual death. His significance is indirect but important: his marriage to Herodias is the prior bond violated when she joins Herod Antipas, provoking prophetic condemnation. Taken together, the material presents this Philip as a dynastic figure whose broken household connection helps explain one of the New Testament's most morally charged court scenes.1
Central Figure
Philip
Meaning: warlike; a lover of horses
Mentioned only in connection with the imprisonment of John the Baptist (Matt.
Mentioned only in connection with the imprisonment of John the Baptist (Matt. 14:3; Mark 6:17; Luke 3:19). He was the son of Herod the Great, and the first husband of Herodias, and the father of Salome. (See HEROD PHILIP I.) 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.