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Strong's #4609 - Σίλας
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Silas = "woody"
- a Roman citizen, the companion of the apostle Paul on several of his missionary journeys
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Σιλᾶς (genitive not found (except Josephus, Vita17 Σιλᾷ)), dative Σιλᾷ, accusative Σιλᾶν (Buttmann, 20 (18)), ὁ, Silas (contracted from Σιλουανός, which see; Winer's Grammar, 103 (97)), a Roman citizen (Acts 16:37f), the companion of the apostle Paul in several of his journeys, and his associate in preaching the gospel: Acts 15:22, 27, 32, 34 Rec., 40; Acts 16:19, 25, 29; Acts 17:4, 10, 14; Acts 18:5. (B. D., under the word
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Σίλας , -α
(acc to BL, § 29, W-Schm., 74, -ᾶς , -ᾶ ), ὁ
(Aram. שׁאִילָא ; v. Dalman, Gr., 157.5),
Silas (called also Σιλουανός , q.v.): Acts 15:22; Acts 15:27; Acts 15:32; Acts 15:34; Acts 15:40; Acts 16:19; Acts 16:25; Acts 16:29; Acts 17:4; Acts 17:10; Acts 17:14-15; Acts 18:5 †
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";zealously,"; ";earnestly"; : PSI VII. 742.6 (v/vi A.D.) σπουδαίως μεταδοῦναί μοι διὰ γρ [αμμάτων ?] τὸ τῆς ὑποθέσεως. The compve σπουδαιοτέρως in Philippians 2:28 is to be taken as a superlve ";with the utmost diligence"; in accordance with a common practice in late Greek : cf. Blass Gr. P. 33.
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