Quick Definition
βυρσεύς, έως, ὁ n.m. a tanner
Strong's Definition
from bursa (a hide); a tanner
KJV Usage: tanner
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -έως
1 ACT 9:43 It is possible that βυρσεύς in ACT 9:43 should be interpreted as the surname of Simon, a Christian in Joppa, that is to say, the name of Simon would be Simon Berseus or Simon Tanner.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βυρσεύς, -έως, ὁ, (βύρσα a skin stripped off, a hide), a tanner: Acts ix. 43; x. 6,52. (Artem. oneir. 4, 56.) [Cf. B.D. Am. ed. 5. v. Tanner.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βυρσεύς byrseus 3x
a tanner, leather-dresser, Acts 9:43; 10:6, 32*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† βυρσεύς, -έως, ὁ (< βύρσα, a hide), late form for βυρσοδέψης, a tanner: Ac 9:43 10:6, 32.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
βυρσεύς He does not however include it in his list of ‘ Biblical’? words, so that no harm is done by the oversight. Bobo. To the ordinary citations for this NT ἅπ. εἰρ. (Jas 311) may be added its occurrence gzz7guzens in the recently discovered poems of Bacchylides, e.g. III. 15 f. βρύει μὲν ἱερὰ Bovθύτοις ἑορταῖς, βρύουσι φιλοξενίας ἀγυιαί, ‘the temples are rife with festal sacrifice of oxen, the streets with hospitable feasting” (Jebb). Herwerden Ze. s.v. cites also Timotheus ers. 221 βρύων ἄνθεσιν ἥβας.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
βυρσεύς (burseus) — tanner. βυρσοδέψ-ης, ου, ὁ, (δέψω) tanner, [Refs 5th c.BC+]