STRONGS NUMBER G3044


Word Summary
Linos: Linus, a Christian
Original Word: Λῖνος
Transliteration: 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: Λίνος

Λίνος (not Λίνος (with R G Tr); see Passow (or Liddell and Scott), under the word; cf. Lipsius, Gramm. Untersuch., p. 42), Λινου, , 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.