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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Lucius

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: Yes
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: Yes
  • Included in Smiths: Yes
  • Included in Websters: No
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: No

Strongs Concordance:

 

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Lucius

Of Cyrene, a Christian teacher at Antioch (Acts 13:1), and Paul's kinsman (Romans 16:21). His name is Latin, but his birthplace seems to indicate that he was one of the Jews of Cyrene, in North Africa.


Naves Topical Index
Lucius

1. A Christian at Antioch
Acts 13:1

2. A kinsman of Paul
Romans 16:21


Smith's Bible Dictionary
Lucius

  1. A kinsman or fellow tribesman of St. Paul, (Romans 16:21) by whom he is said by tradition to have been ordained bishop of the church of Cenchre'. He is thought by some to be the same with Lucius of Cyrene.
  2. Lucius of Cyrene is first mentioned in the New Testament in company with Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Man'n and Saul, who are described as prophets and teachers of the church at Antioch. (Acts 13:1) Whether Lucius was one of the seventy disciples is quite a matter of conjecture; but it is highly probable that he formed one of the congregation to whom St. Peter preached on the day of Pentecost, (Acts 2:10) and there can hardly be a doubt that he was one of "the men of Cyrene" who, being "scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen," went to Antioch preaching the Lord Jesus. (Acts 11:19,20)
","","LUD","(strife) the fourth name in the list of the children of Shem, (Genesis 10:22) comp. 1 Chronicles 1:17 Supposed to have been the ancestor of the Lydians.