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G3972 Παῦλος (Paûlos)
Greek
Noun, Masculine
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Paul

Biblical Persons & Places

Paul Apostle living at the time of the New Testament
An apostle living at the time of the New Testament, first mentioned at Act.7.58; referred to as Paul (KJV, NIV= Paul), Paul (Παῦλος), or Saul (Σαούλ), or Saul (Σαῦλος), or Saul (Σαῦλος).

Strong's Definition

(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle

Derivation: of Latin origin;

KJV Usage: Paul, Paulus

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Παῦλος, Παύλου, ὁ (a Latin proper name, Paulus), Paul. Two persons of this name are mentioned in the N. T., viz.: 1. Sergius Paulus, a Roman propraetor (proconsul; cf. Σέργιος, and B. D., under the phrase, Sergius Paulus), converted to Christ by the agency of the apostle Paul: Act_13:7. 2. the apostle Paul, whose Hebrew name was Saul (see Σαούλ, Σαῦλος). He was born at Tarsus in Cilicia (Act_9:11; Act_21:39; Act_22:3) of Jewish parents (Php_3:5). His father was a Pharisee (Act_23:6) and a Roman citizen; hence, he himself was a Roman citizen by birth (Act_22:28; Act_16:37). He was endowed with remarkable gifts, both moral and intellectual. He learned the trade of a σκηνοποιός (which see). Brought to Jerusalem in early youth, he was thoroughly indoctrinated in the Jewish theology by the Pharisee Gamaliel (Act_22:3; Act_5:34). At first he attacked and persecuted the Christians most fiercely; at length, on his way to Damascus, he was suddenly converted to Christ by g miracle, and became an indefatigable and undaunted preacher of Christ; and the founder of many Christian churches. And not only by his unwearied labors did he establish a claim to the undying esteem of the friends of Christianity, but also by the fact, which appears from his immortal Epistles, that he caught perfectly the mind of his heavenly Master and taught most unequivocally that salvation was designed by God for all men who repose a living faith in Jesus Christ, and that bondage to the Mosaic law is wholly incompatible with the spiritual liberty of which Christ is the author. By his zeal and doctrine he drew upon himself the deadly hatred of the Jews, who at Jerusalem in the year 57 (or 58 according to the more common opinion; yet see the chronological table in Meyer (or Lange) on Acts; Farrar, St. Paul, ii. excurs. x.) brought about his imprisonment; and as a captive he was carried first to Caesarea in Palestine, and two years later to Rome, where he suffered martyrdom (in the year 64). For the number of those daily grows smaller who venture to defend the ecclesiastical tradition for which Eusebius is responsible (h. e. 2, 22, 2) (but of which traces seem to be found in Clement of Rome, 1Co_5:1-13; 1Co_7:1-40 [ET]; can. Murator. (cf. Westcott, Canon, 5th edition, p. 521f)), according to which Paul, released from this imprisonment, is said to have preached in Spain and Asia Minor; and subsequently, imprisoned a second-time, to have been at length put to death at Rome in the year 67 or 68, while Nero was still emperor. (On this point cf. Meyer on Romans, Introduction, § 1; Harnack on Clement to the Romans, the passage cited; Lightfoot, ibid., p. 49f; Holtzmann, Die Pastoralbriefe, Einl., chapter iv., p. 37ff; references in Heinichen's note on Eusebius, h. e. as above; see Hofmann, Die heilige Schrift Neuen Testaments. 5ter Theil, p. 4ff; Farrar, St. Paul, vol. ii. excurs. viii.; Schaff, History of Apostolic Christianity (1882), p. 331f) Paul is mentioned in the N. T. not only in the Acts and in the Epistles from his pen, but also in 2Pe_3:15. (For bibliog. references respecting his life and its debatable points see the article Paulus by Woldemar Schmidt in Herzog edition 2 vol. xi., pp. 356-389.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Παῦλος Paulos 158x Paulus, Paul, pr. name. (1) Paul, the Apostle, Act_13:9 , et al. freq. (2) Sergius Paulus, the deputy or proconsul of Cyprus, Act_13:7

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Παῦλος , -ου , ὁ (Lat. Paulus), 1. Sergius Pastlus: Act_13:7 . 2. the Apostle Paul ( cf. Σαῦλος ) : Act_13:9 , and freq . throughout Ac., Rom_1:1 , 1Co_1:1 , al. , 2Pe_3:15 .

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Παῦλος [page 499] The designation Σαῦλος ὁ καὶ Παῦλος of Act_13:9 is fully discussed by Deissmann BS , p. 313 ff., where it is shown that the Apostle was already in possession of the double name at the time referred to : cf. Ramsay Paul , p. 81 ff. Elsewhere ( Recent Discovery , p. 356) Ramsay suggests that Paul s complete Roman name may have been C. Julius Paullus, in view of the frequent conjunction of the names Julius Paullus in Lycaonia. In the important letter on the Meletian Schism, P Lond 1914 59 (A.D. 335?), greetings are conveyed to Παῦλον τὸν ἀναγνώστην : the editor refers to a priest of the same name (ἀπὸ Τηέν <ε >ως ) in ib. 1917 11 ( c. A.D. 330 340), and to ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος in ib. 1919 25 (same date). The name is not uncommon in the inscrr., see e.g. Perg 374 A 16 (time of Augustus), where Ἀ . Καστρίκιος Παῦλος is included among the choristers of θεὸς Σεβαστὸς καὶ θεὰ Ῥώμη in Pergamum : cf. Thieme, p. 40. In Menander Frag. Gr. Hist. iv. 245 there is mention of Παῦλος ὁ Κίλιξ .

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

Παῦλος, -ου, ὁ (Lat. Paulus), __1. Sergius Paulus: Act.13:7. __2. the Apostle Paul (cf. Σαῦλος): Act.13:9, and frequently throughout Ac., Rom.1:1, 1Co.1:1, al., 2Pe.3:15. (AS)

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