- Transliteration: Paulos

- Phonetic: pow'-los

- Definition: Paul or Paulus = "small or little"

1. Paul was the most famous of the apostles and wrote a good part of the NT, the 14 Pauline epistles

2. Paulus was a deputy or pro-consul of Cyprus and is said to be a prudent man, in the management of affairs, as a governor

- Origin: of Latin origin

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: Of Latin origin; (little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3973 meaning the same); Paulus the name of a Roman and of an apostle: - Paul Paulus.