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

Key facts

Subject type
Person
Strong’s
G0919
Greek
Βαριησοῦς · Bariēsous

Strong’s and original-language information

G0919

Βαριησοῦς · Bariēsous

Glosses: Bar-Jesus

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

Indexed occurrences: 0

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

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.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Concordance

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Topical Bible

Naves Topical

BAR-JESUS

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