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Alexander

Commonly called the Great, son and successor of Philip, king of Macedon, is denoted in the prophecies of Daniel by a leopard with four wings, signifying his great strength, and the unusual rapidity of his conquests, Dan. vii, 6; Alexander is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “one who assists men.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
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  • STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Key facts

Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G0223
Greek
Ἀλέξανδρος · Alexandros
Name meaning
one who assists men According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

G0223

Ἀλέξανδρος · Alexandros

Glosses: Alexander

Ἀλέξανδρος, -ου, ὁ, Alexander __1. Son of Simon of Cyrene: Mrk. 15:21 __2.

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Alexander

one who assists men

Source: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · View data sources

A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

ALEXANDER

commonly called the Great, son and successor of Philip, king of Macedon, is denoted in the prophecies of Daniel by a leopard with four wings, signifying his great strength, and the unusual rapidity of his conquests, Dan. vii, 6; and by a one-horned he-goat running over the earth so swiftly as not to touch it, attacking a ram with two horns, overthrowing him, and trampling him under foot, without any being able to rescue him, Dan.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Concordance

All Scripture references7 references

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Topical Bible

Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Alexander

Meaning:
one who assists men

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources

Sources

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