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Elymas
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Magician or sorcerer, the Arabic name of the Jew Bar-jesus, who withstood Paul and Barnabas in Cyprus. He was miraculously struck with blindness (Acts 13:11).
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(a wise man), the Arabic name of the Jewish magus or sorcerer Bar-jesus. (Acts 13:6) ff. (A.D. 44.)
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
EL'YMAS. See Bar-jesus, Sergius Paulus.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
a magician, a corrupter
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
EL'YMAS. See Bar-jesus, Sergius Paulus.