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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4609 - Σίλας

Transliteration
Sílas
Phonetics
see'-las
Origin
contraction for (G4610)
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TDNT
None
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Definition   
Thayer's
Silas = "woody"
  1. a Roman citizen, the companion of the apostle Paul on several of his missionary journeys
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Acts 12
Thayer's Expanded Definition

Σιλᾶς (genitive not found (except Josephus, Vita17 Σιλᾷ)), dative Σιλᾷ, accusative Σιλᾶν (Buttmann, 20 (18)), , 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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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

Σίλας , -α

(acc to BL, § 29, W-Schm., 74, -ᾶς , - ),

(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


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";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.

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
Σιλα Σίλᾳ Σιλαν Σιλᾶν Σίλαν Σιλας Σιλᾶς Σίλας Sila Sílāi Silan Sílan Silas Sílas
 
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