Bible Names N-Z

Stephen in Easton's Bible Dictionary

one of the seven deacons, who became a preacher of the gospel. He was the first Christian martyr. His personal character and history are recorded in Acts 6. "He fell asleep" with a prayer for his persecutors on his lips (7:60). Devout men carried him to his grave (8:2). It was at the feet of the young Pharisee, Saul of Tarsus, that those...

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Susi in Hitchcock's Bible Names

horse; swallow; moth...

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Tabbaoth in Naves Topical Bible

-One of the Nethinim Ezr 2:43; Ne 7:46...

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Stephen in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

The first of the seven appointed to minister as a deacon in distributing alms, so that the Grecian widows should not be neglected while the Hebrew widows were served (Acts 6; 7). (See DEACON.) His Grecian name (meaning "crown"; by a significant coincidence he was the first who received the crown of martyrdom) and his anti-Judaistic speech indi...

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Tabbaoth in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(rings). The children of Tabbaoth were a family of Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel. Ezr 2:43; Ne 7:46 (B.C. before 536.)...

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Syene in Naves Topical Bible

-A city in Egypt Eze 29:10; 30:6...

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Tabbaoth in Easton's Bible Dictionary

impressions; rings, "the children of," returned from the Captivity (Ezra 2:43)....

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Stephanas in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A Christian at Corinth whose household, "the firstfruits of Achaia," Paul baptized (1 Corinthians 1:16; 1 Corinthians 16:15-17). In Romans 16:5 oldest manuscripts read "Asia" for Achaia. Fortunatus and Achaicus were probably of this household. By joining Paul at Ephesus they with Stephanas supplied means of communion between Paul and the Corin...

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