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Ἀλέξανδρος

Aléxandros · G223 · Greek · 6 occurrences

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This name belongs to 4 people

Meanings

  1. Alexander

    The son of Simon of Cyrene

    Examples

    Mark 15:21 And they compelled a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), to carry His cross.

  2. Alexander

    A member of the high-priestly family

    Examples

    Acts 4:6 and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and all who were of high-priestly descent.

  3. Alexander

    A Jew of Ephesus

    Examples

    Acts 19:33 Some of the crowd concluded it was Alexander, since the Jews had put him forward; and having motioned with his hand, Alexander was intending to make a defense to the assembly.

  4. Alexander

    A false teacher in the church

    Examples

    1 Timothy 1:20 Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, so that they will be taught not to blaspheme.

  5. Alexander

    A coppersmith and opponent of Paul

    Examples

    2 Timothy 4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.

How it’s used In 5 roles

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

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 2 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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 5 entries
Alexander93.17a
In Mark 15:21, Simon of Cyrene, compelled to carry Jesus's cross, is identified as “the father of Alexander (Aleχándrou) and Rufus,” naming this particular Alexander as Simon's son.
Alexander93.17b
In Acts 4:6, among the high-priestly family gathered against Peter and John is listed “Annas the high priest... and Caiaphas, John, and Alexander (Aleχándros),” a different individual bearing the same name.
Alexander93.17c
In Acts 19:33, during the Ephesus riot, “the crowd concluded it was Alexander (Aleχándron), since the Jews had put him forward,” naming yet another distinct man of this name who attempted to address the assembly.
Alexander93.17d
In 1 Timothy 1:20, Paul names “Hymenaeus and Alexander (Aleχándros), whom I have handed over to Satan, so that they will be taught not to blaspheme,” identifying a further individual of this name among those who had shipwrecked their faith.
Alexander93.17e
In 2 Timothy 4:14, Paul writes, “Alexander (Aleχándros) the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds,” naming a metalworker who opposed Paul, distinct from the other men called Alexander in the New Testament.
Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἀλέκτωρ aléktōr · G220 · rooster, cock · 11×ἈλέξανδροςAléxandros · G223ἀλεκτοροφωνία alektorophōnía · G219 · before dawn, when the cock crows · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (i. e., defender of men),, ὁ, Alexander; 1. a son of that Simon of Cyrene who carried the…
(i. e., defender of men),, ὁ, Alexander;
1. a son of that Simon of Cyrene who carried the cross of Jesus: Mk 15:21.
2. a certain man of the kindred of the high priest: Acts 4:6.
3. a certain Jew: Acts 19:33.
4. a certain coppersmith, an opponent of the apostle Paul: 1 Tim 1:20; 2 Tim 4:14; (others doubt whether both these passages relate to the same man; cf. e. g. Ellicott on the former).

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Persons6 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

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