Alexander
Alexandros is a personal name borne by individuals named in family, public, and conflict-related settings in the New Testament.
Alexandros is used as a personal name: it identifies a man in a high-priestly family, a person put forward before a crowd, Simon of Cyrene's son, and individuals associated with blasphemy or harm.
Senses in use
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Personal name identifying men in varied settings · dominant
The nominative form identifies Alexander among the high-priestly family in Acts 4:6 and names the man who wished to defend himself before the people in Acts 19:33. In Mark 15:21, the genitive form marks him as the son of Simon of Cyrene; in 1 Timothy 1:20 and 2 Timothy 4:14, the nominative form identifies men connected respectively with blasphemy and harm.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Alexander” in each verse, including the family expression “the father of Alexander and Rufus” in Mark 15:21. It confirms the named individuals and their settings rather than supplying a lexical definition.