Lexicon Alexandros: Alexander, a son of Simon of Cyrene, also a coppersmith, also two Jews Original Word: Ἀλέξανδρος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Alexandros Phonetic Spelling: (al-ex'-an-dros) Short Definition: Alexander Definition: Alexander, a name of Greek origin, (a) son of Simon of Cyrene, (b) the High Priest's kinsman, (c) an Ephesian Jew, (d) the coppersmith. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom alexó (to ward off) and anérDefinitionAlexander, a son of Simon of Cyrene, also a coppersmith, also two Jews NASB TranslationAlexander (6).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 223: ἈλέξανδροςἈλέξανδρος (i. e., defender of men), , ὁ, Alexander; 1. a son of that Simon of Cyrene who carried the cross of Jesus: Mark 15:21. 2. a certain man of the kindred of the high priest: Acts 4:6. 3. a certain Jew: Acts 19:33. 4. a certain coppersmith, an opponent of the apostle Paul: 1 Timothy 1:20; 2 Timothy 4:14; (others doubt whether both these passages relate to the same man; cf. e. g. Ellicott on the former).
Strong's Alexander. From the same as (the first part of) alektor and aner; man-defender; Alexander, the name of three Israelites and one other man -- Alexander. see GREEK alektor see GREEK aner |
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