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Origin of the name ALEXANDER.
Etymology of the
name ALEXANDER.
Meaning of the baby name ALEXANDER.
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ALEXANDER. English form of Greek Alexandros,
meaning "defender of man." Usage: Americans,
British, Scottish. Various persons mentioned in the New
Testament, all apparently named, directly or indirectly, after Alexander
the Great, king of Macedonia.
(1)
The elder son of that Simon
of Cyrene who was compelled to bear the Cross of Christ (Mark xv. 21).
(2) A leading man at Jerusalem when Peter and
John were brought to trial there (Acts iv. 6).
(3) A Jew who, with Paul,
was involved in danger during the tumult at Ephesus, the people putting
him forward (Acts xix. 33).
(4) One who made shipwreck of his faith,
blasphemed, and was excommunicated by St. Paul (1 Tim. i. 19, 20).
He probably was the same as Alexander the coppersmith, who did the
apostle and his associates much injury (2 Tim. iv. 14, 15). (Hunter)
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