Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, March 28th, 2024
Maundy Thursday
There are 3 days til Easter!
Attention!
Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine.
Click to donate today!

Bible Dictionaries
Libertine

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Lewdness
Next Entry
Libnah
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
Found only Acts 6:9 , one who once had been a slave, but who had been set at liberty, or the child of such a person. In this case the name probably denotes those descendants of Jews who had been carried captives to Rome as prisoners of war by Pompey and other Roman generals in the Syrian wars, and had afterwards been liberated. In A.D. 19 these manumitted Jews were banished from Rome. Many of them found their way to Jerusalem, and there established a synagogue.

Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Libertine'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​l/libertine.html. 1897.
adsFree icon
Ads FreeProfile