Word Summary
Galliōn: Gallio, proconsul of Asia
Original Word: ΓαλλίωνTransliteration: Galliōn
Phonetic Spelling: (gal-lee'-own)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: Gallio, proconsul of Asia
Meaning: Gallio -- proconsul of Asia
Strong's Concordance
Gallio.
Of Latin origin; Gallion (i.e. Gallio), a Roman officer -- Gallio.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1058: ΓαλλίωνΓαλλίων,
Γαλλίωνος,
ὁ,
Gallio, proconsul of Achaia, elder brother of L. Annaeus
Seneca the philosopher. His original name was Marcus Annaeus Novatus, but after his adoption into the family of Junius Gallio the rhetorician, he was called Gallio:
Acts 18:12, 14, 17. (Cf.
B. D. American edition; Farrar, St. Paul, i. 566f.)