Jason

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jason \Jason\ prop. n.
     the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed
     in quest of the Golden Fleece.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Jason
       n : (Greek mythology) the husband of Medea and leader of the
           Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Jason
     he that will cure, the host of Paul and Silas in Thessalonica.
     The Jews assaulted his house in order to seize Paul, but failing
     to find him, they dragged Jason before the ruler of the city
     (Acts 17:5-9). He was apparently one of the kinsmen of Paul
     (Rom. 16:21), and accompanied him from Thessalonica to Corinth.
     

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

  Jason, he that cures