Bible Person
Meaning: productive; fruitful · Female · 1 cross reference
Apphia is named alongside Philemon and Archippus in the opening of Paul's shortest letter. She belongs to the household-church setting in which Christian reconciliation is worked out personally. First appears in Phlm 1:2.1
Name meaning
productive; fruitful
Identity
female
First appears
Phlm 1:2
AI summary: Apphia matters because her single cross reference places her inside the intimate domestic circle addressed in Philemon. Even without further detail, her inclusion shows that the letter's appeal about Onesimus is not merely private between two men but concerns a believing household and gathered community. Taken together, the material presents Apphia as part of the Christian home in which reconciliation is to be lived.1
Central Figure
Apphia
Meaning: productive; fruitful
Name meaning
productive; fruitful
Identity
female
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Phlm |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
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.