Strong's Concordance Sósthenés: "of safe strength," Sosthenes, the name of a ruler of a synagogue and of a Christian Original Word: Σωσθένης, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Sósthenés Phonetic Spelling: (soce-then'-ace) Short Definition: Sosthenes Definition: Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue at Corinth. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4988: ΣωσθένηςΣωσθένης, Σωσθενου, ὁ, Sosthenes; 1. the ruler of the Jewish synagogue at Corinth, and an opponent of Christianity: Acts 18:17. 2. a certain Christian, an associate of the apostle Paul: 1 Corinthians 1:1. The name was a common one among the Greeks. From the base of sozo and that of sthenoo; of safe strength; Sosthenes, a Christian -- Sosthenes. see GREEK sozo see GREEK sthenoo Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 49882 Occurrences Σωσθένην — 1 Occ. Σωσθένης — 1 Occ. Acts 18:17 N-AMS GRK: δὲ πάντες Σωσθένην τὸν ἀρχισυνάγωγον NAS: took hold of Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, KJV: took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, INT: moreover all Sosthenes the ruler of the synagogue 1 Corinthians 1:1 N-NMS |