Φίλιππος (Phílippos) names Philip, one of Jesus' disciples in John, and his scenes show called witness, practical limitation, access-seeking, and corrected understanding. Jesus finds Philip and says, Follow Me.
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Φίλιππος (Phílippos) names Philip, one of Jesus' disciples in John, and his scenes show called witness, practical limitation, access-seeking, and corrected understanding. Jesus finds Philip and says, Follow Me.
The BSB source-word alignment has 36 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Philip (24), Philip’s (2), Philippi (2), to Philip (2), - (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 10:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (16), John (12), Mark (3), Matthew (3).
This entry includes 5 verse guides that explain exact original-language forms in context.
G5376 names Philip, one of Jesus' disciples in John, and his scenes show called witness, practical limitation, access-seeking, and corrected understanding. Jesus finds Philip and says, Follow Me. Philip then finds Nathanael and bears witness that Jesus is the One Moses and the prophets wrote about. Later Philip calculates the feeding problem, receives the request of Greeks who want to see Jesus, and asks Jesus to show the Father.
Jesus' answer turns Philip's request back to the central revelation of the Gospel: whoever has seen the Son has seen the Father. Philip therefore helps teachers show ordinary discipleship under Christ's patient correction and self-disclosure.
G5376 follows Philip from Jesus' call to witness, practical testing, mediation of a request to see Jesus, and Jesus' correction that seeing Him is seeing the Father.
The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”
Jesus finds Philip and commands him to follow. Philip's discipleship begins with Jesus' initiative, not Philip's achievement.
Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
Philip finds Nathanael and announces Jesus in relation to Moses and the prophets. His witness points to fulfillment.
“Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.
Philip answers Nathanael's skepticism with come and see. He does not win by argument alone but directs him toward Jesus.
When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”
Jesus tests Philip before the feeding sign. The question exposes limits that Jesus will answer by His abundance.
They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
Greeks come to Philip asking to see Jesus. Philip becomes part of the movement that brings their request toward Jesus' hour.
Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
Jesus corrects Philip: seeing Jesus is seeing the Father. The disciple's request becomes a Christological revelation.
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Greek word. fond of horses; Philippus, the name of four Israelites
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How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
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G5376 matters because Philip is a helpful portrait of ordinary, incomplete discipleship. Jesus finds him, and Philip quickly becomes a witness to Nathanael. His invitation, come and see, is simple and fitting because the point is not Philip's skill but Jesus Himself. In John 6, Philip's calculation is inadequate before the feeding sign, yet Jesus already knows what He will do.
In John 12, Philip is connected to outsiders who want to see Jesus as the hour approaches. In John 14, his request to see the Father receives one of the Gospel's clearest answers about the Son: whoever has seen Jesus has seen the Father. Philip teaches that disciples witness truly even while still needing deeper correction from Christ.
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G5376 is a personal name. John identifies this Philip by his disciple scenes, so do not merge him with every New Testament Philip without context. The theological meaning comes from Jesus' call and revelation.
Philip says Moses and the prophets wrote about Jesus, placing his witness inside Scripture's promise. John then shows Jesus fulfilling that witness as the Son who reveals the Father.