(also Caesarea Phil·ip·pi (fĭl'ĭ-pī, fĭ-lĭp'ī)) An ancient city of northern Palestine near Mount Hermon in present-day southwest Syria. It was built in the first century A.D. on the site of a center for the worship of Pan.
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Caesarea Philippi
(sĕsərē'ə fĭlĭp'ī) , city, N ancient Palestine, at the foot of Mt. Hermon. It was built by Philip the Tetrarch in the 1st cent. A.D. Its site (Paneas) had long been a center for the worship of Pan. Jesus was in the vicinity (Mat. 16.13), but there is no proof that he entered the city. The modern name is Baniyas.
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