Σιλουανός, Σιλουανοῦ, ὁ, Silvanus, the same man who in Acts is called Σιλᾶς (which see): 2Co_1:19; 1Th_1:1; 2Th_1:1; 1Pe_5:12. (Not infrequent written in the manuscripts Σιλβανος, Silbanus; cf. Tdf. on Iliad chapters)

Σιλουανός Silouanos 4x Silvanus, pr. name, 2Co_1:19 ; 1Th_1:1 ; 2Th_1:1 ; 1Pe_5:12 , see Σίλας

Σιλουανός (in MSS also Σιλβανός , a form freq . in Papyri), -οῦ , ὁ , Silvanus , latinized name of Silas: 2Co_1:19 , 1Th_1:1 , 2Th_1:1 , 1Pe_5:12 .†

Σιλουανός [page 574] Σιλουανός is read by WH in the NT occurrences of this proper name, but the form Σιλβανός , which is found in certain MSS., is otherwise well attested. An ex. of it, contemporary with the NT writings, occurs in P Oxy II. 335 ( c . A.D. 85), where a Jew Silvanus buys part of a house in the Jewish quarter from Paulus. Unfortunately the crucial letter is missing (Σιλ [βα ]νῷ Edd.), but there does not seem room for ουα . Σιλουανός occurs in P Lips I. 19 .4 (A.D. 319), his own signature at the foot having β ; and in a Christian amulet, BGU III. 954 .4 (vi/A.D.), where we may presume the influence of the Biblical name. P Lond 1157 .16 (A.D. 197) (= III. p. 63) is the earliest dated papyrus we know where the β is extant, unless P Strass I. 27 .69 (i/ii A.D. Ed.)is older. From inscrr. may be quoted Cagnat III. 705 (A.D. 147); but Kaibel 432 (Syria ii/A.D.) Σιλουανός , and similarly Preisigke 674 (Alexandria no date) and Cagnat III. 1188 (Syria no date). Note also the Galatian Σ ]ιλουανο [ῦ in OGIS 533 .50 (reign of Augustus). This is in keeping with the fact that Avircius Marcellus in his famous epitaph, C. and B . ii. p. 722 f. ( c . A.D. 192), twice ( .3, .17 ) calls himself Ἀουίρκιος . Ramsay remarks ( op. cit . p. 737) that towards the end of the second century, the use of β to represent Latin v began; and in the third century it became almost universal : cf. also his Asian Elements , p. 241. It must be noted, however, that there are much earlier exx. : see Viereck Sermo Graecus , p. 57, where instances are given from i/B.C. Note also P Ryl II. 127 .26 (A.D. 29) and 138 .4 (A.D. 34), with Λιβία = Livia . There are some instances of ο , as Κοΐντος , Ὀαλέριος .

Σιλουανός (in MSS also Σιλβανός, a form frequently in π.), -οῦ, ὁ, Silvanus, latinized name of Silas: 2Co.1:19, 1Th.1:1, 2Th.1:1, 1Pe.5:12.† (AS)