Lexicon
Λιβερτῖνος
Libertinos
G3032
N:N--T Greek

Freedmen

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Libertinos identifies people associated with a synagogue group that debated with Stephen.

The attested use identifies a group connected with a synagogue and named among those who arose to debate with Stephen in Acts 6:9.

Senses in use

  1. Synagogue-associated group · dominant

    In Acts 6:9, the genitive plural form occurs in the designation of a synagogue group; the APB renders the clause, "some from the synagogue called the Freedmen," before describing their debate with Stephen.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 6:9, the APB presents the group as "the Freedmen" within the name of a synagogue.

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