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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - Γαλλίων

Γαλλίων

G1058

Transliteration: Gallíōn

Pronunciation: gal-lee'-own

Definition: Gallio


- Original: Γαλλίων

- Transliteration: Gallion

- Phonetic: gal-lee'-own

- Definition: Gallio = "One who lives on milk"

1. Junius Annaeus Gallio, the Roman proconsul of Achaia when Paul was at Corinth, 53 A.D., under the emperor Claudius. Acts 18:12. He was brother to Jucius Annaeus Seneca, the philosopher. Jerome in the Chronicle of Eusebius says that he committed suicide in 65 A.D. Winer thinks he was put to death by Nero.

- Origin: of Latin origin

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: Of Latin origin; Gallion (that is Gallio) a Roman officer: - Gallio


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