How to Pronounce Philadelphia
FIL-uh-DEL-fee-uh
Philadelphia is pronounced FIL-uh-DEL-fee-uh (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiːə): five syllables, stress on the first and third.
What does Philadelphia mean?
Philadelphia means “love of a brother”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Philadelphia?
Brotherly love, a city of Lydia in Asia Minor, about 25 miles south-east of Sardis. It was the seat of one of the “seven churches” (Rev. 3:7-12). It came into the possession of the Turks in A.D. 1392. It has several times been nearly destroyed by earthquakes. It is still a town of considerable size, called Allahshehr, “the city of God.”
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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