The name Philip comes from the Greek words philos, meaning “friend”, and hippos, meaning “horse”. So Philip means “fond of horses”.1 notes 1. ‘Philip’ in Holman Concise Bible Dictionary (B&H Publishing Group, 2010), p. 486
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