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Νηρεύς
Nēreus
G3517
N:N-M-P Greek

Nereus

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Nereus is the man named among those greeted in Romans 16:15.

The attested use identifies Nereus as a man included in a greeting list, with his sister named alongside him in Romans 16:15.

Senses in use

  1. A man named in a greeting · dominant

    In Romans 16:15, the accusative singular masculine form Νηρέα occurs among people to be greeted; the APB renders the list, “Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, Olympas.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Romans 16:15, the APB presents the name as “Nereus” within a list of greetings. It confirms the named person in the clause rather than supplying a lexical definition.

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