Bible dictionaries

Barjesus

What Bible dictionaries say about “Barjesus”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Barjesus - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

Son of Joshua, the patronymic of Elymas the sorcerer (Acts 13:6), who met Paul and Barnabas at Paphos. Elymas is a word of Arabic origin meaning "wise."

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

The article in Easton + Webster 1828

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

(son of Jesus). [ELYMAS]

William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3

The article in Smith