Strong G5181Τύραννος
Tyrannus
- Transliteration
- Turannos
- Pronunciation
- too'-ran-nos
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A provincial form of the derivative of the base of G2962; a tyrant;
Tyrannus an Ephesian: - Tyrannus.
Tyrannus an Ephesian: - Tyrannus.
Meaning of the name
- a "tyrant"; Tyrannus, an Ephesian
Detailed definition
1. an absolute sovereign , unlimited by law or constitution, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.: not applied to old hereditary sovereignties βασιλεῖαι); such as those of (Homer) or of Sparta; for the term rather regards the irregular way in which the power was gained , than the way in which it was exercised , being applied to the mild Pisistratus, but not to the despotic kings of Persia. However, the word soon came to imply reproach, like our tyrant , (Plato Philosophus), etc.
2. in a wider sense, the tyrant's son , or any member of his family , (Sophocles Tragicus):—;so, ἡ τύραννος was both the queen herself or a princess , (Euripides)
3. τύραννος, ον, as adjective kingly, royal , [variant datesTragica Adespota
4. imperious, despotic , (Thucydides); τύραννα δρᾶν (Sophocles Tragicus)
τύραννος is probably from same Root as κύριος, κοίρανος. (ML)
2. in a wider sense, the tyrant's son , or any member of his family , (Sophocles Tragicus):—;so, ἡ τύραννος was both the queen herself or a princess , (Euripides)
3. τύραννος, ον, as adjective kingly, royal , [variant datesTragica Adespota
4. imperious, despotic , (Thucydides); τύραννα δρᾶν (Sophocles Tragicus)
τύραννος is probably from same Root as κύριος, κοίρανος. (ML)
In the biblical story
Tyrannus
Ephesian teacher who hosted Paul's discussions
Tyrannus was a teacher in Ephesus who allowed Paul to use his lecture hall for daily discussions about the gospel.
In the Bible
Strong G5181 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tyrannus1
First verses
- Acts 19:9But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
τύραννος [ῠ], ὁ,
also ἡ (see. below 1.2), an absolute ruler, unlimited by law or constitution, first in [Refs (“hymnus ad Martem” 5 (unless the hymn is late))], where it is used of a god, Ἆρες,.. ἀντιβίοισι τύρανν; so ὁ τῶν θεῶν τ., of Zeus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 736, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 564 (Lyric poetry))]; ὦ τύραννε τᾶς ἐμᾶς φρενός, i.e. Apollo, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 217 (Lyric poetry); σὺ δ᾽ ὦ τύραννε θεῶν τε κἀνθρώπων Ἔρως 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 136)]; Μὴν Τύραννος, a Phrygian deity worshipped in Attica, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“IG” 22.1366.2(1st c.AD), +others)]; οὔ, τὴν τ. (perhaps Hera), in an oath, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 5.77)]: first used of monarchs in the time of [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus (compare τυραννίς 1) _accusative_ to Hippias 9 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; Φίττακον ἐστάσαντο τ. 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 37 A; ἢν μή τις ἢ τ. ἢ σκηπτοῦχος ᾖ 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.69; λαγέτας τ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.85)]; interchangeable with βασιλεύς in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.4 (compare 1), 35 (compare 36))]; later, chief, princeling, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“OGI” 654.8 (Egypt, 1st c.BC))]; τ. ἴδιοι καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ἐμτπόριον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Periplus Maris Rubri [1st c.AD]” 14: with _genitive_, Κροῖσος.. τ. ἐθνέων τῶν ἐντὸς Ἅλυος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.6)]; Κλεισθένης ὁ Σικυῶνος τ., Ἱστιαῖος ὁ Μιλήτου τ., etc., [Refs ([prev. author] 5.67, 7.10.γ, etc.)]; ὁ τῶν Κυπρίων τ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.39)]; οἱ τ., of the Sicilian tyrants, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.14)]; of the Pisistratidae, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.33, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 13.5, “Pol.” 1275b36, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 182c; τὸν τ. κτανέτην “Scol.” 9.3)]; οἱ τ. the monarchical party, προδιδοὺς τοῖς τ. τὴμ πόλιν τὴν Ἐρυθραίων [Refs (“IG” 12.10.32)]: frequently in a bad sense, δημοφάγος τ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1181, compare 823, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 510b, “Plt.” 301c, “R.” 569b, etc.; ὕβρις φυτεύει τύραννον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 873 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 in a wider sense, of members of the ruler's family, οἱ τ. 'the royal house', [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 316, compare “OC” 851, 2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 1.2: ἡ τύραννος)] is used both of the queen herself and the king's daughter, princess, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 809, “Med.” 42, 877, 1356, compare below 11)]; πρέπει γὰρ ὡς τ. εἰσορᾶν, of Clytemnestra, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 664; αὐτὴ.. τ. ἦ Φρυγῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 204.)]
3 metaphorically, ἵνα Δίκη τ. ᾖ that Justice may be supreme, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 25.6D.; Ερως τ. ἀνδρῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 538 (Lyric poetry); Πειθὼ τὴν τ. ἀνθρώποις μόνην [prev. author] “Hec.” 816.)]
4 golden-crested wren, Regulus cristatus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 592b23; compare τροχίλος 1.2.)]
II τύραννος, ον, as adjective, kingly, royal, τύραννα σκῆπτρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 761; τ. σχῆμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1169)]; τύραννα δρᾶν to act as a king, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 588; ἡ τύραννος κόρη 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1125)]; τύραννον δῶμα the king's palace, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 843 (Lyric poetry), etc.; τ. ἑστία [prev. author] “Andr.” 3)]; τ. δόμος the royal house, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hel.” 478, etc.)]; ἐς τύρανν᾽ ἐγημάμην into the royal house, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 474.)]
II.2 imperious, despotic, τ. πόλις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.122, 124; αἱ τ. φύσεις 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ner.” 2. (Loan-word, probably from Phrygian or Lydian.))]
also ἡ (see. below 1.2), an absolute ruler, unlimited by law or constitution, first in [Refs (“hymnus ad Martem” 5 (unless the hymn is late))], where it is used of a god, Ἆρες,.. ἀντιβίοισι τύρανν; so ὁ τῶν θεῶν τ., of Zeus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 736, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 564 (Lyric poetry))]; ὦ τύραννε τᾶς ἐμᾶς φρενός, i.e. Apollo, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 217 (Lyric poetry); σὺ δ᾽ ὦ τύραννε θεῶν τε κἀνθρώπων Ἔρως 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 136)]; Μὴν Τύραννος, a Phrygian deity worshipped in Attica, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“IG” 22.1366.2(1st c.AD), +others)]; οὔ, τὴν τ. (perhaps Hera), in an oath, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 5.77)]: first used of monarchs in the time of [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus (compare τυραννίς 1) _accusative_ to Hippias 9 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; Φίττακον ἐστάσαντο τ. 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 37 A; ἢν μή τις ἢ τ. ἢ σκηπτοῦχος ᾖ 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.69; λαγέτας τ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.85)]; interchangeable with βασιλεύς in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.4 (compare 1), 35 (compare 36))]; later, chief, princeling, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“OGI” 654.8 (Egypt, 1st c.BC))]; τ. ἴδιοι καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ἐμτπόριον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Periplus Maris Rubri [1st c.AD]” 14: with _genitive_, Κροῖσος.. τ. ἐθνέων τῶν ἐντὸς Ἅλυος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.6)]; Κλεισθένης ὁ Σικυῶνος τ., Ἱστιαῖος ὁ Μιλήτου τ., etc., [Refs ([prev. author] 5.67, 7.10.γ, etc.)]; ὁ τῶν Κυπρίων τ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.39)]; οἱ τ., of the Sicilian tyrants, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.14)]; of the Pisistratidae, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.33, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 13.5, “Pol.” 1275b36, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 182c; τὸν τ. κτανέτην “Scol.” 9.3)]; οἱ τ. the monarchical party, προδιδοὺς τοῖς τ. τὴμ πόλιν τὴν Ἐρυθραίων [Refs (“IG” 12.10.32)]: frequently in a bad sense, δημοφάγος τ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1181, compare 823, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 510b, “Plt.” 301c, “R.” 569b, etc.; ὕβρις φυτεύει τύραννον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 873 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 in a wider sense, of members of the ruler's family, οἱ τ. 'the royal house', [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 316, compare “OC” 851, 2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 1.2: ἡ τύραννος)] is used both of the queen herself and the king's daughter, princess, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 809, “Med.” 42, 877, 1356, compare below 11)]; πρέπει γὰρ ὡς τ. εἰσορᾶν, of Clytemnestra, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 664; αὐτὴ.. τ. ἦ Φρυγῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 204.)]
3 metaphorically, ἵνα Δίκη τ. ᾖ that Justice may be supreme, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 25.6D.; Ερως τ. ἀνδρῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 538 (Lyric poetry); Πειθὼ τὴν τ. ἀνθρώποις μόνην [prev. author] “Hec.” 816.)]
4 golden-crested wren, Regulus cristatus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 592b23; compare τροχίλος 1.2.)]
II τύραννος, ον, as adjective, kingly, royal, τύραννα σκῆπτρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 761; τ. σχῆμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1169)]; τύραννα δρᾶν to act as a king, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 588; ἡ τύραννος κόρη 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1125)]; τύραννον δῶμα the king's palace, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 843 (Lyric poetry), etc.; τ. ἑστία [prev. author] “Andr.” 3)]; τ. δόμος the royal house, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hel.” 478, etc.)]; ἐς τύρανν᾽ ἐγημάμην into the royal house, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 474.)]
II.2 imperious, despotic, τ. πόλις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.122, 124; αἱ τ. φύσεις 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ner.” 2. (Loan-word, probably from Phrygian or Lydian.))]