Parmenas
Parmenas was one of the Seven Deacons. He is believed to have
preached the gospel in Asia Minor. Parmenas suffered martyrdom
in 98, under the persecution of Trajan[1]....
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And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose
Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and
Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas,
and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:...
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par'-me-nas (Parmenas): A Greek name, an abbreviated form of
Parmenides. Parmenas was one of "the seven" chosen by the
people and appointed by the apostles to superintend the daily
distribution to the Christian poor of Jerusalem (Acts 6:5).
Tradition states that he was martyred at Philippi, in the
reign of Trajan, but his name does not appear ...
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(abiding), one of the seven deacons, "men of honest report,
full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom." Ac 8:5 There is a
tradition that he suffered martyrdom at Philippi in the reign
of Trajan....
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constant, one of the seven "deacons" (Acts 6:5)....
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Sixth of the seven ordained Acts 6:5. (See DEACON.)...
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