Greek word · G6077
Πύρρος
pyrros
Pyrrhus
Appears once in the Greek New Testament. ·
What it means
A man living at the time of the New Testament, only mentioned at Act.20.4;
father of: Sopater (G4986)
§ Pyrrhus (the name of Sopater of Boroeas's father)
See also πυρρός (G4450)
From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
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Where it appears
Acts · 1
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Acts 20:4 Πύρρου [son] of Pyrrhus
Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.
Here: Genitive case. Following Greek custom, it gives the father's name: 'son of Pyrrhus'. Sopater is the only man in the list identified by his father, which may mark a known family.
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