Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Σιλᾶς ‎(Silâs)

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /sílas/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sílas/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sílas/

Proper noun

Σίλας • ‎(Sílas) m ‎(genitive Σίλα); first declension

1. A male given name, typically translated as Silas

Inflection

Descendants

• Greek: Σίλας
• Latin: Sīlās

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• “G4609”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Greek

Alternative forms

• Σιλᾶς ‎(Silᾶs)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σίλας ‎(Sílas).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /'si.las/

Proper noun

Σίλας • ‎(Sílas) m

1. A male given name, typically translated as Silas
2. The Biblical disciple of Paul

Inflection

References

• Cheyne, Thomas Kelly; Black, John Sutherland (1903). Encyclopædia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and Religious History, the Archæology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible, Volume 4. Toronto: George N Morang & Company Ltd. pp. 4514–4521.