who loves the forest
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
God of nature and the woods Roman
Gods and Goddess Reference
SILVANUS.See Silas.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Silva'nus. See Silas.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
sil-vā?nus (Σιλουανός, Silouanós (2Co_1:19)). See SILAS.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Silva?nus [SILAS]
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
(Graecized Σιλουανός, from the Lat. silvaums for sylvanus, of the grove) a distinguished Christian teacher, the companion of Paul in his journey through Asia Minor and Greece (2Co_1:19; 1Th_1:1-2. Thessalonians 1:1; 1Pe_5:12); elsewhere (Act_15:22; Act_15:27; Act_15:32; Act_15:34; Act_15:40; Act_16:19; Act_16:25; Act_16:29; Act_17:4; Act_17:10; Act_17:14-15; Act_18:5) in the contracted form SILAS SEE SILAS (q.v.).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.