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Festus

Portius Festus succeeded Felix in the government of Judea, A. D. Festus is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “festive, joyful.” 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
  • concordance
  • STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Key facts

Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G5347
Greek
Φῆστος · Phēstos
Name meaning
festive, joyful According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

G5347

Φῆστος · Phēstos

Glosses: Festus

φῆστος, -ου, ὁ (Porcius), Festus, procurator of Judæa: Act. 24:27 25:1 ff. Act.

Indexed occurrences: 0

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

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Festus

festive, joyful

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

A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

FESTUS

Portius Festus succeeded Felix in the government of Judea, A. D. 60.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Concordance

All Scripture references17 references

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Topical Bible

Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Festus

Meaning:
festive, joyful

Indexed occurrences: 0

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

Sources

Ancient Context2 items

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