Nereus

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a lamp; new-tilled land
(same as Ner)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary


Minor sea god Greek
Gods and Goddess Reference


NEREUS.—A Roman Christian, to whom, along with his sister, St. Paul sends greeting in Rom_16:15. The expression ‘and all the saints that are with them’ seems to point to some community of Christians accustomed to meet together.
Morley Stevenson.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909


A Christian at Rome whom Paul salutes (Rom_16:15). Of Philologus' and Julia's household, Origen guesses. Tradition makes him to have been beheaded at Terracina under Nero, and his ashes deposited in the church of Nereo and Archilleo at Rome.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.


Ne'reus. (lamp). A Christian at Rome, saluted by St. Paul. Rom_16:15. According to tradition, he was beheaded at Terracina, probably, in the reign of Nerva.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863


nē?rūs, nē?rḗ-us (Νηρεύς, Nēreús): The name of a Roman Christian to whom with his sister Paul sent greetings (Rom_16:15). Nereus and the others saluted with him (Rom_16:15) formed small community or ?house church.? The name of the sister is not given, but the name Nereis is found on an inscription of this date containing names of the emperor's servants (Lightfoot, Phil, 176). Among the Acta Sanctorum connected with the early church in Rome are the ?Acts of Nereus and Achilleus? which call them chamberlains of Domitilla, the niece of Vespasian, and relate their influence over her in persuading her to remain a virgin.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.


Nereus
(Gr. Νηρεύς), a marine divinity in classic mythology, was represented as a wise and prophetic old man, and was believed to dwell at the bottom of the sea with his beautiful daughters the Nereids. He was regarded as ruling principally over the iEgean Sea, and was believed occasionally to appear to men in different shapes, predicting what should befall them in the future. The poets feigned that he could assume various forms like Proteus, and would only reveal the future when, having exhausted his powers of transformation, he was reduced to his original shape. Nereus yielded his place to Poseidon, and gave him his daughter Amphitrite. His attribute was the trident. He frequently appears in ancient works of art.

CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.





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