Ἐπικούρειος

Forms of the word

Dictionary

Ἐπικούρειος, ου, ὁ

Greek transliteration

Epikoureios

Simplified transliteration

Epikoureios

Numbers

Strong's number

1946

GK Number

2134

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament

Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag

n-2a

Gloss

Epicurean, of Epicurus

Definition

an Epicurean, follower of the philosophy of Epicurus, Acts 17:18*

Greek-English Concordance for Ἐπικούρειος

Acts 17:18 Also some of the Epicurean (Epikoureiōn | Ἐπικουρείων | gen pl masc) and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange gods,” for he was announcing the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.

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