Tyrannus
Bible Usage:
- Tyrannus used once.
- Bible Reference: Acts 19:9
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: Yes
- 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:
- G5181 Used 1 time
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Tyrannus
Prince, a Greek rhetorician, in whose "school" at Ephesus Paul disputed daily for the space of two years with those who came to him (Acts 19:9). Some have supposed that he was a Jew, and that his "school" was a private synagogue.
Hitchcock's Names Dictionary
Tyrannus
a prince; one that reigns
Naves Topical Index
Tyrannus
An Ephesian. Paul taught in the school of, for two years.
Acts 19:9-10
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Tyrannus
(sovereign), the name of a man in whose school or place of audience Paul taught the gospel for two years, during his sojourn at Ephesus. See (Acts 19:9) (A.D. 52,53.) The presumption is that Tyrannus himself was a Greek, and a public teacher of philosophy or rhetoric.