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Tyrannus

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(tyrant). A Greek rhetorician at Ephesus in whose school Paul taught for two years (Acts 19:9⁹But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. (Acts 19:9)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

One at Ephesus in whose school Paul reasoned daily for the space of two years, so that all that dwelt in Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord (Acts 19:9-10⁹But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. ¹⁰And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. (Acts 19:9‑10)). The name is Greek, and nothing is said of Tyrannus being a disciple, so that the Christians may have hired the “school,” as halls are rented in the present day.

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

5181 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

Τύραννος

Transliteration:

Turannos

Phonic:

too’-ran-nos

Meaning:

a provincial form of the derivative of the base of 2962; a "tyrant"; Tyrannus, an Ephesian

KJV Usage:

Tyrannus

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

absolute rule

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Prince ruling or reigning; a sovereign; tyrant:―an Ephesian, Acts 19:9. {Princeps regnans}