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Sosthenes

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(saviour). (1) A ruler of the synagogue at Corinth, who was beaten by the Greeks (Acts 18:17¹⁷Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things. (Acts 18:17)). (2) Perhaps the former, after conversion (1 Cor. 1:1¹Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, (1 Corinthians 1:1)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. Chief ruler of the synagogue at Corinth, who was beaten by the rabble (Acts 18:17¹⁷Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things. (Acts 18:17)).

2. One whom Paul (when at Ephesus) unites with himself in the First Epistle to the Corinthians (1 Cor. 1:1¹Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, (1 Corinthians 1:1)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

4988 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

Σωσθένης

Transliteration:

Sosthenes

Phonic:

soce-then’-ace

Meaning:

from the base of 4982 and that of 4599; of safe strength; Sosthenes, a Christian

KJV Usage:

Sosthenes

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

saving strength: strong saviour

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Secure in strength; strong saviour:―a ruler of the synagogue of Corinth, Acts 18:17. {Salvis viribus}