Manaen

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Manaen
     consoler, a Christian teacher at Antioch. Nothing else is known
     of him beyond what is stated in Acts 13:1, where he is spoken of
     as having been brought up with (Gr. syntrophos; rendered in R.V.
     "foster brother" of) Herod, i.e., Herod Antipas, the tetrach,
     who, with his brother Archelaus, was educated at Rome.


     

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

  Manaen, a comforter; a leader