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ELYMAS

"ELYMAS" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a magician", "a corrupter".

Date "ELYMAS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1379. (references)


Specialty Definition: ELYMAS

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Bible

Elymas magician or sorcerer, the Arabic name of the Jew Bar-jesus, who withstood Paul and Barnabas in Cyprus. He was miraculously struck with blindness (Acts 13:11). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: ELYMAS

Specialty definitions using "ELYMAS": Barjesus, Bar-jesus. (references)

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Photo Album: ELYMAS

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Elymas the Sorcerer Struck with Blindness. / Raphael d'Urbin pinx. E. Cooper ex. J. Simon fec. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Bible Trace: ELYMAS

LanguageDateSourceActs Chapter 13, Verse 8
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintAnqistato de autoiV elumaV o magoV outwV gar meqermhneuetai to onoma autou zhtwn diastreyai ton anqupaton apo thV pistewV
Latin405VulgateResistebat autem illis Elymas magus sic enim interpretatur nomen eius quaerens avertere proconsulem a fide
Middle English1395WyclifBut Elymas witche withstoode hem; for his name is expowned so; and he souyte to turne awei the proconsul fro bileue.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleBut Elemas the sorcerar (for so was his name by interpretacion) wt stode them and sought to turne awaye the ruler fro the fayth.
Jacobean English1611King JamesBut Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
Victorian English1833WebsterBut Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
Basic English1964OgdenBut Elymas, the wonder-worker (for that is the sense of his name), put himself against them, with the purpose of turning the ruler from the faith.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: ELYMAS

LanguageActs Chapter 13, Verse 8
Croatianali im se usprotivi Elim, Vraèar - tako mu se ime prevodi - nastojeæi odvratiti namjesnika od vjere.
FinnishMutta Elymas, noita - sillä niin tulkitaan hänen nimensä - vastusti heitä, koettaen kääntää käskynhaltijaa pois uskosta.
FrenchMais Élymas, le magicien, -car c`est ce que signifie son nom, -leur faisait opposition, cherchant à détourner de la foi le proconsul.
MaoriOtira i tautohe ki a raua a Erima te kaimakutu, ko te whakamaoritanga hoki tenei o tona ingoa, i mea kia tahuri ke te tino kawana i te whakapono.
NorwegianMen Elymas, trollmannen for således uttydes hans navn stod dem imot og søkte å vende landshøvdingen bort fra troen.
RumanianDar Elima, vrqjitorul, -cqci awa se tklcuiewte numele lui-le stqtea kmpotrivq, wi cquta sq abatq pe dregqtor dela credinyq.
ShuarTura uwishin Erimias nuna nakitiak "Auka pénkerchaiti" Tímiayi. Akupniusha Yúsan umirkain tusa nuna Tímiayi.
UmaModao' -ra hobo' hi lewuto' toe, duu' -ra rata hi ngata Pafos. Hi ria-ra mpohirua' -ki hadua to Yahudi, hanga' -na Baryesus. Hi rala basa Yunani hanga' -na Elimas. Elimas toei, hadua topobali'mata to wori' inca-na, pai' na'uli' wo'o kahi'a-na nabi Alata'ala. Hi'a toei bale-na gubernur to hi lewuto' toe, Sergius Paulus hanga' -na. Gubernur toei, tauna to pante. Nakio' -ra Barnabas pai' Saulus tumai mpohirua' -ki, apa' doko' na'epe-hawo Lolita Alata'ala. Aga Elimas topobali'mata toei, mpobaro lolita-ra, apa' doko' nalawa' bona neo' mpai' gubernur mepangala' hi Yesus.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: ELYMAS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: measly.

Words within the letters "a-e-l-m-s-y"

-1 letter: almes, amyls, lames, lyase, males, meals, mealy, seamy, ylems.

-2 letters: ales, alme, alms, amyl, ayes, easy, elms, elmy, eyas, lame, lams, lase, lays, leas, leys, lyes, lyse, maes, male, mays, meal, mels, mesa, sale, same, seal, seam, slam, slay, yams, yeas, ylem.

-3 letters: ale, als, aye, ays, elm, els, ems, lam, las, lay.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-l-m-s-y"
 

+1 letter: amylase, amylose, malmsey, mesally.

 

+2 letters: amusedly, amylases, amylenes, amyloses, assembly, lamasery, lampreys, lehayims, malmseys, massedly, masterly, mayflies, maypoles, mesially, mesnalty, mislayer, myelomas, ramosely, seamanly, steamily, taleysim.

 

+3 letters: aimlessly, alchymies, amygdales, amygdules, amylogens, ashamedly, awesomely, beamishly, blasphemy, chlamydes, chlamyses, claymores, cyclamens, cymbalers, damselfly, estimably, hymeneals, lechayims, malarkeys, manslayer, massively, mayapples, mealybugs, methylals, methylase, miserably, mislayers, misplayed, playmates, playtimes, salarymen, semblably, seminally, sympetaly, tomalleys, yarmelkes, yarmulkes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ELYMAS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 4C 59 4D 41 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01001100 01011001 01001101 01000001 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#76 &#89 &#77 &#65 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 004C 0059 004D 0041 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

394659473553

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Bible Trace
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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