GREEK · G3066
Λούκιος
Loukios — Lucius
λούκιος, -ου, ὁ (Lat. Lucius), Lucius: Act.13:1, Rom.16:21.† (AS)
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Lucius
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GREEK · G3065
Λουκᾶς
Loukas — Luke
Λουκᾶς, -ᾶ, ὁ (prob. an abbreviation of Λουκανός; see Lft., Col., 240; ICC, Lk., xviii; Bl., § 29; accusative to Ramsay, Exp., Dec., 1912, pp. 502 ff., a by-form of Λούκιος, from Lat. Lucius), Luke: Lk, tit., Col.4:14, 2Ti.4:11, Phm 24.† (AS)
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Of Cyrene, a Christian teacher at Antioch (Acts 13:1), and Paul’s kinsman (Rom. 16:21). His name is Latin, but his birthplace seems to indicate that he was one of the Jews of Cyrene, in North Africa.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.