Bible Names A-G

Crescens in Easton's Bible Dictionary

increasing, probably one of the seventy disciples of Christ. He was one of Paul's assistants (2 Tim. 4:10), probably a Christian of Rome....

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Cleophas in Smiths Bible Dictionary

Revised Version Clo'pas, the husband of Mary the sister of Virgin Mary. Joh 19:25 He was probably dead before Jesus' ministry began, for his wife and children constantly appear with Joseph's family in the time of our Lord's ministry. -- Englishman's Cyc. [CLEOPAS; ALPHAEUS]...

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Cosam in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ko'-sam (Kosam): An ancestor of Jesus in Luke's genealogy in the 5th generation before Zerubbabel (Lk 3:28)....

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Crescens in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Paul's companion at Rome who had gone to Galatia when Paul wrote 2 Timothy 4:10. In Galatia he preached the gospel, according to the Apostolic Constitutions....

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Cleopas in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

kle'-o-pas (Kleopas, "renowned father"): One of the two disciples whom Jesus met on the way to Emmaus (Lk 24:18). The name is a contraction of Cleopatros, not identical with Clopas of Jn 19:25...

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Cleophas in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(in the spelling of this word _h_ is inserted by mistake from Latin MSS.), rather Cleopas, which is the Greek form of the word, while Clopas is the Aramaic form. In John 19:25 the Authorized Version reads, "Mary, the wife of Clopas." The word "wife" is conjecturally inserted here. If "wife" is rightly inserted, then Mary was the mother of ...

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