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Gaius
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Gaius
Man living at the time of the New Testament
A man living at the time of the New Testament, only mentioned at 3Jn.1.1;
only referred to as Gaius (Γάϊος).
Gaius
Man living at the time of the New Testament
A man living at the time of the New Testament, only mentioned at Act.19.29;
only referred to as Gaius (Γάϊος).
Gaius
Man living at the time of the New Testament
A man living at the time of the New Testament, only mentioned at Act.20.4;
only referred to as Gaius (Γάϊος).
Gaius
Man living at the time of the New Testament
A man living at the time of the New Testament, first mentioned at Rom.16.23;
only referred to as Gaius (Γάϊος).
Strong's Definition
Gaius (i.e. Caius), a Christian
Derivation: of Latin origin;
KJV Usage: Gaius
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Γάϊος (WH Γάϊος (cf. Iota)), Γαιου, ὁ, Gaius or Caius; the name of a Christian:
1. of Derbe: Act_20:4.
2. of Macedonia: Act_19:29.
3. of Corinth, Paul's host during his (second) sojourn there: Rom_16:23; 1Co_1:14.
4. of an unknown Christian, to whom the third Epistle of John was addressed: 3Jn_1:1. (B. D. American edition under the word ; Farrar, Early Days of Christianity, ii. 506.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Γάϊος Gaios 5x
Gaius, pr. name.
(1) Of Macedonia, Act_19:29 .
(2) Of Corinth, 1Co_1:14 .
(3) Of Derbe, Act_20:4 .
(4) A Christian to whom John addressed his third Epistle, 3Jn_1:1 ; Rom_16:23
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Γαῖος , -ου , ὁ
(Γάϊος , Rec. ),
Gaius , the name of a Christian;
1. of Macedonia: Act_19:29 .
2. Of Derbe: Act_20:4 .
3. Of Corinth: Rom_16:23 , 1Co_1:14 .
4. The one to whom III Ep. Jo is addressed: 3Jn_1:1 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Γάϊος [page 120]
The name was common in the Greek world, but, in connexion with Paul s Macedonian friend Gaius ( Act_19:29 ), we may recall that it occurs in the list of politarchs at Thessalonica ( CIG II. 1967). It is also found in a memorial inscription in the same town Γάϊος Ἰούλιος Σεκοῦνδος Πρίμῳ τῷ ἰδίῳ τέκνωι μνήμης χάριν ( Duchesne No. 78) but here of course we have a Roman, and the name is as distinctive as John in English. See further Milligan Thess. p. 134; and for the occurrence of the name in a Phrygian inscription at Iconium of A.D. 150 250, cf. Ramsay Recent Discovery , p. 72. Since Grimm and many other writers mention a Roman name Caius, it may be well to refer to the third founder of Gonville s College at Cambridge as probably the earliest person to bear this title. On the late Anatolian stone, Calder 436, we find Γαυω , which Prof. Calder remarks must be for Γαιῳ , υ being now equivalent to ι : this shows that Γάιος was trisyllabic. We do not find Γεος in Greek, any more than Gaeus in Latin : the ai remained a true diphthong. WH we wrong therefore in accenting Γαῖος .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
Γαῖος, -ου, ὁ (Γάϊος, Rec.),
Gaius, the name of a Christian;
__1. of Macedonia: Act.19:29.
__2. Of Derbe: Act.20:4.
__3. Of Corinth: Rom.16:23, 1Co.1:14.
__4. The one to whom in Ep. Jo is addressed: III Jo 1.
† (AS)