Strong's Greek: 4988. Σωσθένης (Sósthenés) -- "of safe strength," Sosthenes, the name of a ruler of a synagogue and of a Christian

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Sósthenés: "of safe strength," Sosthenes, the name of a ruler of a synagogue and of a Christian

Original Word: Σωσθένης, ου, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: Sósthenés
Phonetic Spelling: (soce-then'-ace)
Short Definition: Sosthenes
Definition: Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue at Corinth.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as sózó and sthenoó
Definition
"of safe strength," Sosthenes, the name of a ruler of a synagogue and of a Christian
NASB Translation
Sosthenes (2).

Thayer's

STRONGS NT 4988: Σωσθένης

Σωσθένης, Σωσθενου, ὁ, Sosthenes;

1. the ruler of the Jewish synagogue at Corinth, and an opponent of Christianity: Acts 18:17.

2. a certain Christian, an associate of the apostle Paul: 1 Corinthians 1:1. The name was a common one among the Greeks.

Strong's

Sosthenes.

From the base of sozo and that of sthenoo; of safe strength; Sosthenes, a Christian -- Sosthenes.

see GREEK sozo

see GREEK sthenoo