Sceva

Sceva Scripture - Acts 19:14

And there were seven sons of [one] Sceva, a Jew, [and] chief of the priests, which did so....

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Sceva in Wikipedia

Sceva, or Scevas, apparently related to the Greek word skeuos meaning a vessel or implement, a Jew called a "chief priest" (archiereus in Greek) in Acts 19:14 . There was no high priest in Jerusalem by this name--some speculate that he was the head of one of the twenty-four courses of the house of Levi. He had seven sons, who in Ephesus "took ...

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Sceva in Naves Topical Bible

-A charlatan Jewish "exorcist" at Ephesus Ac 19:13-17...

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Sceva in Smiths Bible Dictionary

a Jew residing at Ephesus at the time of St. Paul's second visit to that town. Ac 19:14-16 (A.D. 52.)...

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Sceva in Easton's Bible Dictionary

an implement, a Jew, chief of the priests at Ephesus (Acts 19:13-16); i.e., the head of one of the twenty-four courses of the house of Levi. He had seven sons, who "took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus," in imitation of Paul. They tried their method of exorcism on a fierce demoniac, and failed....

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Sceva in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A "chief priest", i.e. once having been high priest, or else chief of the priests at Ephesus, or of one of the 24 courses. His seven sons, Jews, exorcised demons in Jesus' name, whereupon the demon-possessed leaped on two of them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of the house naked and wounded: (Acts 19:14-16; the Sinaiticus, ...

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Sceva in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

se'-va (Skeua): A Jew, a chief priest, resident in Ephesus, whose seven sons were exorcists (Acts 19:14 ff). Ewald regards the name as being Hebrew shekhabhyah. He was not an officiating priest, as there were only synagogues in Asia Minor. He may have belonged to a high-priestly family, or perhaps at one time he had been at the head of one of ...

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