G4988 – Sosthenes – Σωσθένης – Sosthenes
- Strong’s ID:
- G4988
- Greek Word:
- Σωσθένης
- Transliteration:
- sōsthenēs / Sosthenes
- Pronunciation:
- soce-then’-ace
- Part of Speech:
- noun proper masculine
- Usage Count:
- 2
- Search:
- Find “Sosthenes” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from the base of G4982 and that of G4599; of safe strength; Sosthenes, a Christian:—Sosthenes.
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
Sosthenes = “saviour of his nation”
1) a Jew at Corinth who was seized and beaten in the presence of Gallio
2) a certain Christian associate of Paul
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.