GreekG5181Proper Noun (Masculine)
Τύραννος
Turannos
“Tyrannus”
1Occurrences
G5181Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
a "tyrant"; Tyrannus, an Ephesian
a provincial form of the derivative of the base of G2962 (κύριος);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.an absolute sovereign, unlimited by law or constitution, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.: not applied to old hereditary sovereignties βασιλεῖαι); such as those of (Homer) or of Sparta; for the term rather regards the irregular way in which the power was gained, than the way in which it was exercised, being applied to the mild Pisistratus, but not to the despotic kings of Persia. However, the word soon came to imply reproach, like our tyrant, (Plato Philosophus), etc.
2.in a wider sense, the tyrant's son, or any member of his family, (Sophocles Tragicus):—;so, ἡ *τύραννος *was both the queen herself or a princess, (Euripides)
3.τύραννος, ον, as adjective kingly, royal, [variant datesTragica Adespota
4.imperious, despotic, (Thucydides); *τύραννα δρᾶν *(Sophocles Tragicus) *τύραννος *is probably from same Root as κύριος, κοίρανος.
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
Τύραννος appears 1 time in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Acts
1
Key Passages
Acts 19:9BSB
But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
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