Word

Γάϊος

Gáïos · G1050 · Greek · 5 occurrences

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This name belongs to 4 people

Meanings

Gaius

A Macedonian companion of Paul

Examples
Acts 19:29 The city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s Macedonian traveling companions.
Gaius

A Christian from Derbe

Examples
Acts 20:4 And he was accompanied by Sopater of Berea, the son of Pyrrhus, and by Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.
Gaius

A man from Corinth who was baptized by Paul

Examples
Romans 16:23 Gaius, host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, greets you, and Quartus, the brother.
1 Corinthians 1:14 I am thankful that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,
Gaius

The recipient of 3 John

Examples
3 John 1:1 The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 2 groups

Δερβαῖοςa Derbean 1
ἀγαπητόςbeloved, dear 1

Named alongside itApposition

3 occurrences in 4 groups

ἀγαπάωto love 1
Μακεδώνa Macedonian 1
ξένοςstranger, foreigner, strange 1
συνέκδημοςtravelling companion 1

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

συνέπομαιto accompany 1
ἀσπάζομαιto greet, to send greetings 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

συναρπάζωto seize 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 4 entries

Gaius93.83a: The proper name Gaius, borne by a Macedonian companion of Paul dragged into the theater during the riot at Ephesus in Acts 19:29.
Gaius93.83b: Used of a second, distinct Gaius, the man of Derbe who accompanies Paul on his journey in Acts 20:4.
Gaius93.83c: Used of a third, distinct Gaius, the Corinthian host of Paul and of the whole church, greeted in Romans 16:23 and identified as one Paul personally baptized in 1 Corinthians 1:14.
Gaius93.83d: Used of a fourth, distinct Gaius, the beloved recipient addressed by the elder in 3 John 1:1.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (WH Γάϊος (cf. Iota)), Γαιου, ὁ, Gaius or Caius; the name of a Christian: 1. of Derbe:…

(WH Γάϊος (cf. Iota)), Γαιου, ὁ, Gaius or Caius; the name of a Christian:
1. of Derbe: Acts 20:4.
2. of Macedonia: Acts 19:29.
3. of Corinth, Paul's host during his (second) sojourn there: Rom 16:23; 1 Cor 1:14.
4. of an unknown Christian, to whom the third Epistle of John was addressed: 3 Jn 1:1. (B. D. American edition under the word ; Farrar, Early Days of Christianity, ii. 506.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Persons5 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0