Lexical Summary Sōsthenēs: "of safe strength", Sosthenes, the name of a ruler of a synagogue and of a Christian Original Word: ΣωσθένηςTransliteration: Sōsthenēs Phonetic Spelling: (soce-then'-ace) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: "of safe strength", Sosthenes, the name of a ruler of a synagogue and of a Christian Meaning: Sosthenes -- "of safe strength", the name of a ruler of a synagogue and of a Christian Strong's Concordance Sosthenes. From the base of sozo and that of sthenoo; of safe strength; Sosthenes, a Christian -- Sosthenes. see GREEK sozo see GREEK sthenoo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4988: ΣωσθένηςΣωσθένης, Σωσθενου, ὁ, Sosthenes; 1. the ruler of the Jewish synagogue at Corinth, and an opponent of Christianity: Acts 18:17. 2. a certain Christian, an associate of the apostle Paul: 1 Corinthians 1:1. The name was a common one among the Greeks. |
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