bar-jesus

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Bar-jesus definition


son of Joshua, the patronymic of Elymas the sorcerer (Acts 13:6), who met Paul and Barnabas at Paphos. Elymas is a word of Arabic origin meaning "wise."

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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