GREEK · G4504
Ῥοῦφος
Rhouphos — Rufus
Ῥοῦφος, -ου, ὁ (Lat.), Rufus: Mrk.15:21, Rom.16:13.† (AS)
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Rufus
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Red, the son of Simon the Cyrenian (Mark 15:21), whom the Roman soldiers compelled to carry the cross on which our Lord was crucified. Probably it is the same person who is again mentioned in Rom. 16:13 as a disciple at Rome, whose mother also was a Christian held in esteem by the apostle. Mark mentions him along with his brother Alexander as persons well known to his readers (Mark 15:21).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.