Silvanus
Silouanos is a personal name used of a man named with Paul and Timothy and identified as a faithful brother.
Silouanos functions throughout the supplied verses as a personal name: it occurs with Paul and Timothy in letter openings and preaching, and in 1 Peter 5:12 it identifies the faithful brother through whom a brief writing is presented.
Senses in use
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Personal name in letter and ministry settings · dominant
In 1 Thessalonians 1:1 and 2 Thessalonians 1:1, the nominative singular form stands with Paul and Timothy in the opening address; the APB renders “Paul and Silvanus and Timothy.” In 2 Corinthians 1:19, the genitive singular form occurs in the phrase about preaching “through me and Silvanus and Timothy,” while 1 Peter 5:12 presents “By Silvanus, the faithful brother” in connection with a brief written exhortation.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the name as “Silvanus”: alongside Paul and Timothy in the Thessalonian openings and preaching statement, and as “the faithful brother” in 1 Peter 5:12. These renderings are treated as the verse-level presentation of the name.