Strong's G5181: Τύραννος (Týrannos) Meaning

Quick Definition

Τύραννος, ου, ὁ n.m. Tyrannus

Biblical Persons & Places

Tyrannus Man living at the time of the New Testament

A man living at the time of the New Testament, only mentioned at Act.19.9; only referred to as Tyrannus (Τύραννος).

Strong's Definition

a "tyrant"; Tyrannus, an Ephesian

Derivation: a provincial form of the derivative of the base of G2962 (κύριος);

KJV Usage: Tyrannus

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Τύραννος (G5181)

noun-name, m. | -ου

93.368 · Names of Persons and Places · Persons

Tyrannus an Ephesian in whose hall Paul lectured

ACT 19:9

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Τύραννος, Τυράννου, ὁ, Tyrannus, an Ephesian in whose school Paul taught the gospel, but of whom we have no further knowledge (cf. B. D., under the word): Act_19:9.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Τύραννος Tyrannos 1x

Tyrannus, an Ephesian, Acts 19:9*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Τύραννος, -ου, ὀ Tyrannus: Ac 19:9.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Τύραννος [page 646] Tyrannus ( Act_19:9 ), as a proper name is common, e.g. P Oxy II. 292 .1 ( c . A.D. 25) (= Selections , p. 37), P Lond 919 b .2 (A.D. 175) (III. p. 29), and BGU IV. 1015 .1 (A.D. 222 3). The name is borne by a freedman of the Emperor Claudius, a physician, in Magn 113 : see also ib . 122 e .10, .11 . On its application to the Phrygian deity Mκn, cf. Cumont Relig. Orient , p. 75 (Engl. tr. p. 61). For Τυραννίς , as the name of a woman, see P Strass I. 73 .9 (iii/A.D.) with the editor s note.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Τύραννος (Turannos) — Tyrannus. τύραννος [ῠ], ὁ, also ἡ (see. below 1.2), an absolute ruler, unlimited by law or constitution, first in [Refs], where it is used of a god, Ἆρες,.. ἀντιβίοισι τύρανν; so ὁ τῶν θεῶν τ., of Zeus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὦ τύραννε τᾶς ἐμᾶς φρενός, i.e. Apollo, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Μὴν Τύραννος, a Phrygian deity worshipped in Attica, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; οὔ, τὴν τ. (perhaps Hera), in an oath, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: first used of monarchs in the time of [Refs 7th c.BC+]; interchangeable with βασιλεύς in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, chief, princeling, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τ. ἴδιοι καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ἐμτπόριον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Κλεισθένης ὁ Σικυῶνος τ., Ἱστιαῖος ὁ Μιλήτου τ., etc., [Refs]; ὁ τῶν Κυπρίων τ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; οἱ τ., of the Sicilian tyrants, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Pisistratidae, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ τ. the monarchical party, προδιδοὺς τοῖς τ. τὴμ πόλιν τὴν Ἐρυθραίων [Refs]: frequently in a bad sense, δημοφάγος τ. [Refs 6th c.BC+]

2. in a wider sense, of members of the ruler's family, οἱ τ. 'the royal house', [Refs 2nd c.AD+] is used both of the queen herself and the king's daughter, princess, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρέπει γὰρ ὡς τ. εἰσορᾶν, of Clytemnestra, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. metaphorically, ἵνα Δίκη τ. ᾖ that Justice may be supreme, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. golden-crested wren, Regulus cristatus, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. τύραννος, ον, as adjective, kingly, royal, τύραννα σκῆπτρα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τύραννα δρᾶν to act as a king, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τύραννον δῶμα the king's palace, [Refs]; τ. δόμος the royal house, [Refs]; ἐς τύρανν᾽ ἐγημάμην into the royal house, [Refs]

II.2. imperious, despotic, τ. πόλις [Refs 5th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

1. an absolute sovereign , unlimited by law or constitution, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.: not applied to old hereditary sovereignties βασιλεῖαι); such as those of (Homer) or of Sparta; for the term rather regards the irregular way in which the power was gained , than the way in which it was exercised , being applied to the mild Pisistratus, but not to the despotic kings of Persia. However, the word soon came to imply reproach, like our tyrant , (Plato Philosophus), etc. 2. in a wider sense, the tyrant's son , or any member of his family , (Sophocles Tragicus):—;so, ἡ τύραννος was both the queen herself or a princess , (Euripides) 3. τύραννος, ον, as adjective kingly, royal , [variant datesTragica Adespota 4. imperious, despotic , (Thucydides); τύραννα δρᾶν (Sophocles Tragicus) τύραννος is probably from same Root as κύριος, κοίρανος. (ML)

Bible Occurrences (1)

19:9

G5181 Τύραννος (Týrannos)