Apphia
(fruitful) a Christian woman addressed jointly with Philemon and Archippus in Phil. 2; apparently a member of Philemon’s household, and not improbably his wife. (A.D. 57)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Apphia
Apphia af'-i-a, ap'-fi-a (Apphia, dative case of Apphia; in Phm 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.) ⇒See a list of verses on APPHIA in the Bible. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible on Apphia
A Christian lady of Colossa-, a membiT of the household of Philemon, very probalily his wife. Iler memorj* is honoured in the Greek Church on Nov. 22, as having been stoned to death at Colossa; with i'liilrnion, Archippus, and Onesimus in the reign of Niru ; but the authority for this fact is unknown. Tlie name is Phrygian, being frequent in Phrygian Inscriptions under the varying forms 'A7r oit A, 2oT^I>t K V, ytj'j'/i tti 9 (Vulg. ), .mng^ ... (Syr.), 1 Mao 2° 'A^^oCt (.los. Ani. Xll. vi. 1)). the surname of Jonathan the Mn*- 128 APPIUS, MARKET OF APPOINT cabee. The name is usually thought to mean ' Dissembler' (bisn) ; and some suppose that it was given to Jonathan for his stratatrem against the tribe of the Jambri, who had killed his brother John (1 Mac 9"-"). H. A. White. APPIOS, MARKET OF ('AtttIov vith Greece and the East. As a station where travellers halted and changed horses, it naturally became a seat of traffic and local jurisdiction. It was, moreover, the kirthem terminus of a canal {fossa) which was c&iTied alongside of the road, and was used, as we learn from Strabo (v…
Fausset's Bible Dictionary on Apphia
Latin; Appia. The wife, or close relative, of Philemon. She would not otherwise be mentioned with Philemon in the address (Phm 1:2), on a domestic matter.
References
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- Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia