luminous; white
(same as Lucius)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
LUCAS, Phm_1:24 (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ), for Luke (wh. see).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Lu'cas. Phm_1:24. See Luke.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
lū?kas, lōō?kas. In Phm_1:24 the King James Version, for ?Luke? (Revised Version).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Lucas
(Δουκᾶς,Vulg. Lucas), a friend and companion of Paul during his imprisonment at Rome (Phm_1:24). A.D. 57. He is doubtless the same as Luke, the beloved physician, who is associated with Demas in Col_4:14, and who remained faithful to the apostle when others forsook him (2Ti_4:11), on his first examination before the emperor. For the grounds of his identification with the evangelist Luke, SEE LUKE.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.