G3065 – Loukas – Λουκᾶς – Lucas, Luke
- Strong’s ID:
- G3065
- Greek Word:
- Λουκᾶς
- Transliteration:
- Loukas
- Pronunciation:
- loo-kas’
- Part of Speech:
- noun proper masculine
- Usage Count:
- 4
- Search:
- Find “Loukas” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
contracted from Latin Lucanus; Lucas, a Christian:—Lucas, Luke.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
Luke or Lucus = “light-giving”
1) a Gentile Christian, the companion of Paul in preaching the gospel and on his many journeys; he was a physician and author of the book of Luke and Acts in the NT
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.