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Timaeus

Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term

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GREEK · G5090

Τιμαῖος

Timaios — Timaeus

Τιμαῖος, -ου, ὁ (Aram. טִימַי (?), see Zorell, see word), Timæus: Mrk.10:46.† (AS)

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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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Historical dictionary entry

Defiled, the father of blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46).

Scripture references

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

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