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Ἄγαβος
Agabos
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Agabus

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Agabos is the personal name used for a man who foretells a famine and later arrives from Judea as a prophet.

The supplied verses use the name for the same man: in Acts 11:28 he announces a coming famine, and in Acts 21:10 he comes down from Judea and is identified as a prophet.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name of a prophet · dominant

    In Acts 11:28, the nominative singular masculine form identifies the man who signifies a great famine about to come; the APB renders the clause "named Agabus." In Acts 21:10, the same form identifies the prophet who came down from Judea; the APB renders "a prophet named Agabus."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as a personal name in both verses, using "named Agabus" and "a prophet named Agabus." These phrases confirm the verse-level identification rather than define the term independently.

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