GREEK · G13
Ἄγαβος
Agabos — Agabus
Ἄγαβος, -ου, ὁ Agabus: Act.11:28, 21:10.† (AS)
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Agabus
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
A “prophet,” probably one of the seventy disciples of Christ. He prophesied at Antioch of an approaching famine (Acts 11:27, 28). Many years afterwards he met Paul at Caesarea, and warned him of the bonds and affliction that awaited him at Jerusalem should he persist in going thither (Acts 21:10-12).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.