Ἐλύμας, ὁ (Buttmann, 20 (18)), Elymas, an appellative name which Luke interprets as μάγος derived either, as is commonly supposed, from the Arabic (elymon), i. e. wise; or, according to the more probable opinion of Delitzsch (Zeitschrift f. d. Luth. Theol. 1877, p. 7), from the Aramaic ΰΐμΔιξΘΰ powerful: Act_13:8. (BB. DD., under the word.)

Ἐλύμας Elymas 1x Elymas, pr. name, Act_13:8

Ἐλύμας , -α , ὁ ( < A ram. or Arab., cf. DB , i, 246 b), Elymas: Act_13:8 .†

Ἐλύμας [page 205] For this proper name ( Act_13:8 ) which cannot be regarded as an interpretation of Bar-Jesus, Blass ( Comm. ad l. ) proposes to read Ἑτοιμᾶς , Son of the Ready, in accordance with D *. But Burkitt ( JTS iv. p. 127 ff.) has pointed out that no variation in spelling can make Bar-J esus mean ready , and ingeniously conjectures that the reading should be ὁ λοιμός , the pestilent fellow, Bar-Jesus being then popularly interpreted as Bar Yeshu ( αψ ιωες ).

Ἐλύμας, -α, ὁ (Aram. or Arab., cf. DB, i, 246 b) Elymas: Act.13:8.† (AS)