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Silas

Or SYLVANUS, was, according to St. Luke, Acts xv, 22, one of the “chief men among the brethren,” which makes it probable, that he was of the number of the seventy disciples. Silas is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “three, or the third.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G4609
Greek
Σίλας · Silas
Name meaning
three, or the third According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Σίλας

G4609
Transliteration
Silas
Language
Greek
Part of speech
N:N-M-P
Indexed occurrences
12

Glosses

Silas

Lexicon definition

Σίλας, -α (accusative to BL, § 29, W-Schm., 74, -ᾶς, -ᾶ), ὁ (Aram. שׁאִילָא; see Dalman, Gr., 157.5), Silas (called also Σιλουανός, which see): Act.15:22, 27 15:32, 34 15:40 16:19, 25 16:29 17:4, 10 17:14-15 18:5 † (AS)

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Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Silas

three, or the third

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

SILAS

or SYLVANUS, was, according to St. Luke, Acts xv, 22, one of the “chief men among the brethren,” which makes it probable, that he was of the number of the seventy disciples. When a dispute was raised at Antioch about the observation of the legal ceremonies, they chose Paul, Barnabas, Judas, and Silas, to go to Jerusalem, to advise with the Apostles concerning this question. He is thought to be the same Silas who is mentioned by the name of Sylvanus, in the title of the two epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians. St. Peter sent his first epistle by him from Rome, wherein he styles him “a faithful brother.” Silas joined himself to St. Paul; and after Saul and Barnabas had parted, on account of John Mark, Acts xv, 37–41, Silas followed St. Paul, and went with him to visit the churches of Syria and Cilicia.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Silas

Indexed occurrences: 17

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All Scripture references21 references

Acts 18

Acts 15:22Acts 15:27Acts 15:32Acts 15:40Acts 16:19Acts 16:22Acts 16:25Acts 16:29Acts 16:32Acts 16:38Acts 16:40Acts 17:1Acts 17:4Acts 17:5Acts 17:10Acts 17:14Acts 17:15Acts 18:5

2 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1:19

1 Thessalonians 1

1 Thessalonians 1:1

2 Thessalonians 1

2 Thessalonians 1:1

Topical Bible

Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Silas

Meaning:
three, or the third

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Ancient Context1 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning Silas And On What Account It Was That King Agrippa Was Angry At Him. How Agrippa Began To Encompass Jerusalem With A Wall; And What Benefits He Bestowed On The Inhabitants Of Berytus.

Antiquities Book 19, Chapter 7

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SILAS

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Dictionary

Amphipolis

City on both sides, a Macedonian city, a great Roman military station, through which Paul and Silas passed on their way from Philippi to Thessalonica, a distance of 33 Roman miles from Philippi (Acts 17:1).

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Silas

three, or the third

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