Increasing, a female Christian at Colosse (Philemon 1:2), supposed by some to have been the wife of Philemon.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
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Apphia
Name meaning: productive; fruitful (Hitchcock)
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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(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)
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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