Lexicon Silas: Silas, a fellow missionary of Paul Original Word: Σίλας, ᾶ, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Silas Phonetic Spelling: (see'-las) Short Definition: Silas Definition: Silas, a pet-form of the name Silvanus; a Roman citizen and a helper of Paul. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof Aramaic origin DefinitionSilas, a fellow missionary of Paul NASB TranslationSilas (13).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4609: ΣιλᾶςΣιλᾶς (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 .)
Strong's Silas. Contraction for Silouanos; Silas, a Christian -- Silas. see GREEK Silouanos |
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