Bar-jesus

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Bar-jesus
     son of Joshua, the patronymic of Elymas the sorcerer (Acts
     13:6), who met Paul and Barnabas at Paphos. Elymas is a word of
     Arabic origin meaning "wise."
     



From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Barjesus, son of Jesus or Joshua