It is said in Acts xix, 9, that St. Paul being at Ephesus, and seeing that the Jews to whom he preached, instead of being converted, were rather more hardened and obstinate, he withdrew from their society, nor went to preach in their synagogue, but taught every day in the school of one Tyrannus. Tyrannus is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “a prince; one that reigns.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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a prince; one that reigns According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Strong’s and original-language information
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Τύραννος
G5181
Transliteration
Turannos
Language
Greek
Part of speech
N:N-M-P
Indexed occurrences
1
Glosses
Tyrannus
Lexicon definition
1. an absolute sovereign , unlimited by law or constitution, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.: not applied to old hereditary sovereignties βασιλεῖαι); such as those of (Homer) or of Sparta; for the term rather regards the irregular way in which the power was gained , than the way in which it was exercised , being applied to the mild Pisistratus, but not to the despotic kings of Persia. However, the word soon came to imply reproach, like our tyrant , (Plato Philosophus), etc. 2. in a wider sense, the tyrant's son , or any member of his family , (Sophocles Tragicus):—;so, ἡ τύραννος was both the queen herself or a princess , (Euripides) 3. τύραννος, ον, as adjective kingly, royal , [ variant dates Tragica Adespota 4. imperious, despotic , (Thucydides); τύραννα δρᾶν (Sophocles Tragicus) τύραννος is probably from same Root as κύριος, κοίρανος. (ML)
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
Τύραννος
G5181
Transliteration
Týrannos
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
1
Glosses
Tyrannus
Lexicon definition
a "tyrant"
Tyrannus, an Ephesian
Hebrew lexical coverage
No safely matched Hebrew Strong’s entry
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The installed lexicons do not contain a sufficiently exact Hebrew word-level match for this study. UNLEARN leaves this language unassigned instead of displaying an unrelated Strong’s record.
It is said in Acts xix, 9, that St. Paul being at Ephesus, and seeing that the Jews to whom he preached, instead of being converted, were rather more hardened and obstinate, he withdrew from their society, nor went to preach in their synagogue, but taught every day in the school of one Tyrannus. It is inquired, Who was this Tyrannus? Some think him to have been a prince or great lord, who accommodated the Apostle with his house, in which to receive and instruct his disciples. But the generality conclude, that Tyrannus was a converted Gentile, a friend of St. Paul, to whom he withdrew.