Lexical Summary Narkissos: Narcissus, a Roman Original Word: ΝάρκισσοςTransliteration: Narkissos Phonetic Spelling: (nar'-kis-sos) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: Narcissus, a Roman Meaning: Narcissus -- a Roman Strong's Concordance Narcissus. A flower of the same name, from narke (stupefaction, as a "narcotic"); Narcissus, a Roman -- Narcissus. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3488: ΝάρκισσοςΝάρκισσος, Ναρκίσσου, ὁ, Narcissus (i. e. 'daffodil'), a Roman mentioned in Romans 16:11, whom many interpreters without good reason suppose to be the noted freedman of the emperor Claudius (Suetonius, Claudius 28; Tacitus, ann. 11, 29f; 12, 57 etc.) (cf. Lightfoot on Philip., p. 175); in opposition to this opinion cf. Winers RWB, under the word; Rüetschi in Herzog x., 202f; (B. D., under the word). |
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