GREEK · G924
Βαρτιμαῖος
Bartimaios — Bartimaeus
Βαρτίμαιος, -ου, ὁ (-μαῖος, T; perh. Aram. בַּר־טִמְאַי, see DB, iv, p. 762), Bartimæus: Mrk.10:46.† (AS)
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Bartimaeus
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Son of Timaeus, one of the two blind beggars of Jericho (Mark 10:46; Matt. 20:30). His blindness was miraculously cured on the ground of his faith.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.