Word Summary
Linos: Linus, a Christian
Original Word: ΛῖνοςTransliteration: Linos
Phonetic Spelling: (lee'-nos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: Linus, a Christian
Meaning: Linus -- a Christian
Strong's Concordance
Linus.
Perhaps from linon; Linus, a Christian -- Linus.
see GREEK linon
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3044: ΛίνοςΛίνος (not
Λίνος (with
R G Tr); see
Passow (or Liddell and Scott), under the word; cf.
Lipsius, Gramm. Untersuch., p. 42),
Λινου,
ὁ,
Linus, one of Paul's Christian associates; according to ecclesiastical tradition bishop of the church at Rome (cf. Hase, Polemik, edition 3, p. 131;
Lipsius, Chronologie d. röm. Bischöfe, p. 146; (Dict. of Chris. Biog. under the word)):
2 Timothy 4:21.