King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER G4989
Transliteration: Sōsipatros
Phonetic Spelling: (so-sip'-at-ros)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: "of a safe father", Sosipater, a Christian
Meaning: Sosipater -- "of a safe father", a Christian
Σωσίπατρος, Σωσιπατρου, ὁ, Sosipater, a certain Christian, one of Paul's kinsmen (perhaps the same man who in Acts 20:4 is called Σώπατρος (which see; yet the latter was from Beraea, Sosipater in Corinth); cf. Σωκράτης and Σωσικρατης, Σωκλειδης and Σωσικλειδης, see Fritzsche, Ep. ad Romans, vol. iii., p. 316; (cf. Fick, Gr. Personennamen, pp. 79, 80)): Romans 16:21.
Word Summary
Sōsipatros: "of a safe father", Sosipater, a Christian
Original Word: ΣωσίπατροςTransliteration: Sōsipatros
Phonetic Spelling: (so-sip'-at-ros)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: "of a safe father", Sosipater, a Christian
Meaning: Sosipater -- "of a safe father", a Christian
Strong's Concordance
Sosipater. Prolongation for Sopatros; Sosipatrus, a Christian -- Sosipater.
see GREEK Sopatros
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4989: ΣωσίπατροςΣωσίπατρος, Σωσιπατρου, ὁ, Sosipater, a certain Christian, one of Paul's kinsmen (perhaps the same man who in Acts 20:4 is called Σώπατρος (which see; yet the latter was from Beraea, Sosipater in Corinth); cf. Σωκράτης and Σωσικρατης, Σωκλειδης and Σωσικλειδης, see Fritzsche, Ep. ad Romans, vol. iii., p. 316; (cf. Fick, Gr. Personennamen, pp. 79, 80)): Romans 16:21.