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Didymus

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GREEK · G1324

Δίδυμος

Didumos — Twin

Δίδυμος, -ου, ὁ (prop. name from δίδυμος, -η, -ον, double, sc. παῖς, twin) Didymus, surname of the apostle Thomas: Jhn.11:16 20:24 21:2.† (AS)

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Historical dictionary entry

(Gr. twin = Heb. Thomas, q.v.), John 11:16; 20:24; 21:2.

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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