How to Pronounce Epaphras
EH-puh-fras
Epaphras is pronounced EH-puh-fras (ˈɛpəfræs): three syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: Ee-PAF-ras, EP-uh-fras.
What does Epaphras mean?
Epaphras means “covered with foam”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Epaphras?
Epaphras was a fellow servant of Paul and a faithful minister of Christ from whom the Colossians had learned the gospel (Colossians 1:7). Paul commends him as one of their own who labored fervently in prayer for them and had great zeal for those in Laodicea and Hierapolis, and calls him a fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus (Colossians 4:12, Colossians 4:13, Philemon 1:23).
Also pronounced
Ee-PAF-ras
EP-uh-fras
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