Bible Names

Paphos: meaning of the name

Paphos means “which boils, or is very hot.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Paphos in Hebrew and Greek

Πάφος G3974

Páphos — Paphus, a place in Cyprus

of uncertain derivation;

Places named Paphos

Paphos in Scripture

“Paphos” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • Acts 13:6

    And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar–jesus:

  • Acts 13:13

    Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.