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Bar-Jesus

Or, according to some copies, BAR-JEU, was a Jewish magician in the island of Crete, Acts xiii, 6. St. This unified study connects 5 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
  • Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: concordance
  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G0919
Greek
Βαριησοῦς · Bariēsous

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Βαριησοῦς

G0919
Transliteration
Bariēsous
Language
Greek
Part of speech
N:N-M-P
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

Bar-Jesus, Barjesus

Lexicon definition

Βαρι-ησοῦς, -οῦ, ὁ (Aram. בַּר־יֵשׁוּעַ, son of Joshua), Bar-Jesus: Act.13:6 (see: Ἐλύμας).† (AS)

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Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Bar-jesus

Son of Joshua, the patronymic of Elymas the sorcerer (Acts 13:6), who met Paul and Barnabas at Paphos. Elymas is a word of Arabic origin meaning "wise."

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources

A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

BAR-JESUS

or, according to some copies, BAR-JEU, was a Jewish magician in the island of Crete, Acts xiii, 6. St. Luke calls him Elymas. He was with the pro-consul Sergius Paulus, who, sending for Paul and Barnabas, desired to hear the word of God. Bar-Jesus endeavouring to hinder the pro-consul from embracing Christianity, Paul, filled with the Holy Ghost, “set his eyes upon him, and said, O full of all subtilty and mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;” which took place immediately. The pro-consul, who saw this miracle, was converted. Origen and Chrysostom think that Elymas, or Bar-Jesus, was converted likewise; and that St. Paul speedily restored his sight.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Bar-Jesus

Indexed occurrences: 1

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Acts 1

Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

BAR-JESUS

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