Greek word · G132

Αἰνέας

aineas

Aeneas

A personal name, Greek in origin.

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

Αἰνέας, -οῦ, ὁ,

Æneas: Acts 9:33,34.†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Acts 9:33

Range of meaning

A personal name, Greek in origin.

Against the English

KJV spells it 'Æneas,' following the Latin. The name is the same.

Used elsewhere in the period

Aeneas is the Trojan hero of Homer's Iliad and the legendary forefather of Rome in Virgil's Aeneid. The name was also used by ordinary people in the Hellenistic world, and Josephus mentions Jews with this name (e.g., Antiquities 14.248, a Jewish envoy).

Where it appears

Acts · 2

  1. Acts 9:33 Αἰνέαν Aeneas

    There he found a man named Aeneas who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.

    Here: A Greek name, best known as the name of the Trojan hero in Homer and Virgil. Jews in Judea's mixed towns often had Greek names, so the name alone does not tell us whether he was Jewish or Gentile.

  2. Acts 9:34 Αἰνέα, Aeneas,

    “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up,

    Here: Peter calls him by name (the form used for direct address). It is a Greek name, famous as the name of the Trojan hero. Peter addresses him as a known person, not as a case to be treated.

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