Silas - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4609 — maalah (“step”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4609 Σίλας (Silas) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. Silas (see'-las) n/p. 1. Silas, a Christian [contraction for G4610] It has 13 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include silas. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
Silas (see'-las) n/p. 1. Silas, a Christian [contraction for G4610] KJV: Silas Root(s): G4610
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Silas
Usage: Σίλας, -α (accusative to BL, § 29, W-Schm., 74, -ᾶς, -ᾶ), ὁ (Aram. שׁאִילָא; see Dalman, Gr., 157.5), Silas (called also Σιλουανός, which see): Act.15:22, 27 15:32, 34 15:40 16:19, 25 16:29 17:4, 10 17:14-15 18:5 † (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Silas, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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13 indexed usages in New Testament.
Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
First 13 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4609.
Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.
And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.
And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4609, grouped by book.
Silas (Strong's G4609) is a Greek word most simply glossed "Silas". Silas (see'-las) n/p. 1. Silas, a Christian [contraction for G4610]
This page currently indexes 13 linked usages for Strong's G4609 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4609 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as silas. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.