How to Pronounce Elymas
EL-uh-muhs
Elymas is pronounced EL-uh-muhs (ˈɛləməs): three syllables, stress on the first.
What does Elymas mean?
Elymas means “a magician, a corrupter”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Elymas?
Elymas was a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet, also called Bar-jesus, who attended the deputy Sergius Paulus on Cyprus and tried to turn him away from the faith when Paul and Barnabas preached (Acts 13:8). Paul rebuked him and he was struck blind for a season (Acts 13:11).
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