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Ἐπικούρειος

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
Ἐπικούρειος, ου, ὁ
Greek transliteration: 
Epikoureios
Simplified transliteration: 
Epikoureios
Numbers
Strong's number: 
1946
GK Number: 
2134
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
1
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-2a
Gloss: 
Epicurean, of Epicurus
Definition: 
an Epicurean, follower of the philosophy of Epicurus, Acts 17:18*

Greek-English Concordance for Ἐπικούρειος

Acts 17:18 Also some of the Epicurean (Epikoureiōn | Ἐπικουρείων | gen pl masc) and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange gods,” for he was announcing the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.