Lexical Summary Epaphras: Epaphras, a Christian Original Word: ἘπαφρᾶςTransliteration: Epaphras Phonetic Spelling: (ep-af-ras') Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: Epaphras, a Christian Meaning: Epaphras -- a Christian Strong's Concordance Epaphras. Contracted from Epaphroditos; Epaphras, a Christian -- Epaphras. see GREEK Epaphroditos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1889: ἘπαφρᾶςἘπαφρᾶς, Ἐπαφρᾶ (Buttmann, 20 (17f)), ὁ, Epaphras, a Christian man mentioned in Colossians 1:7; Colossians 4:12; Philemon 1:23. The conjecture of some that the name is contracted from Ἐπαφρόδιτος (which see (cf. Winers Grammar, 103 (97))) and hence, that these two names belong to one and the same man, is not probable; (see B. D. American edition under the word |
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