A name from Scripture
Philippa
fih-LIP-ah
Meaning
Lover of horses; Friend of horses
Greek origin · Girl
What it points to
Philippa brings others to Jesus — finding, telling, introducing, the friend whose greatest gift is saying 'Come and see the One Moses wrote about.'
Verses · King James Version
“Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
John 1:45
“The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.”
John 12:21