Quick Definition
Onesiphorus
Biblical Persons & Places
Onesiphorus
Man living at the time of the New Testament
A man living at the time of the New Testament, first mentioned at 2Ti.1.16;
only referred to as Onesiphorus (Ὀνησίφορος).
Strong's Definition
profit-bearer; Onesiphorus, a Christian
Derivation: from a derivative of G3685 (ὀνίνημι) and G5411 (φόρος);
KJV Usage: Onespiphorus
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Ὀνησίφορος, Ὀνησιφόρου, ὁ (i. e. 'profit-bringer'), Onesiphorus, the name of a certain Christian: 2Ti_1:16; 2Ti_4:19.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Ὀνησίφορος Onēsiphoros 2x
Onesiphorus, pr. name, 2Ti_1:16 ; 2Ti_4:19
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Ὀνησίφορος , -ου , ὁ
( i.e . bringing advantage ),
Onesiphorus: 2Ti_1:16 ; 2Ti_4:19 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Ὀνησίφορος [page 450]
On the improbability that Ὀνησίφορος , who, according to tradition, suffered martyrdom at Parium, a city of Mysia, in the beginning of ii/A.D., is to be identified with the friend and disciple of Paul ( 2Ti_1:16 ; 2Ti_4:19 ), see W. M. Ramsay Exp T ix. p. 495 f. The identification, as Ramsay points out, becomes impossible if we accept the tradition embodied in the Acts of Paul and Thekla (A.D. 150 170), which makes Onesiphorus, a native of Antioch, converted by Paul on his first visit, and already a householder at that time, about A.D. 48.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
Ὀνησίφορος, -ου, ὁ
(i.e. bringing advantage),
Onesiphorus: 2Ti.1:16 4:19.†
(AS)