Lexical Summary Alexandros: Alexander, a son of Simon of Cyrene, also a coppersmith, also two Jews Original Word: ἈλέξανδροςTransliteration: Alexandros Phonetic Spelling: (al-ex'-an-dros) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: Alexander, a son of Simon of Cyrene, also a coppersmith, also two Jews Meaning: Alexander -- a son of Simon of Cyrene, also a coppersmith, also two Jews Strong's Concordance Alexander. From the same as (the first part of) alektor and aner; man-defender; Alexander, the name of three Israelites and one other man -- Alexander. see GREEK alektor see GREEK aner Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 223: ἈλέξανδροςἈλέξανδρος (i. e., defender of men), , ὁ, Alexander; 1. a son of that Simon of Cyrene who carried the cross of Jesus: Mark 15:21. 2. a certain man of the kindred of the high priest: Acts 4:6. 3. a certain Jew: Acts 19:33. 4. a certain coppersmith, an opponent of the apostle Paul: 1 Timothy 1:20; 2 Timothy 4:14; (others doubt whether both these passages relate to the same man; cf. e. g. Ellicott on the former). |
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