GREEK · G919
Βαριησοῦς
Bariēsous — Bar-Jesus
Βαρι-ησοῦς, -οῦ, ὁ (Aram. בַּר־יֵשׁוּעַ, son of Joshua), Bar-Jesus: Act.13:6 (see: Ἐλύμας).† (AS)
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Bar-jesus
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
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.”
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.