Word Summary
Kleopas: Cleopas, a Christian
Original Word: ΚλεοπᾶςTransliteration: Kleopas
Phonetic Spelling: (kleh-op'-as)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: Cleopas, a Christian
Meaning: Cleopas -- a Christian
Strong's Concordance
Cleopas.
Probably contracted from Kleopatros (compound of kleos and pater); Cleopas, a Christian -- Cleopas.
see GREEK kleos
see GREEK pater
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2810: ΚλεοπᾶςΚλεοπᾶς (on the decl. cf.
Buttmann, 20 (18)) (apparently contracted from
Κλεοπατρος, see
Ἀντιπᾶς (cf. Letronne in the Revue Archeologique, 1844-45, i., p. 485ff)),
ὁ,
Cleopas, one of Christ's disciples:
Luke 24:18. (Cf.
Lightfoot, Commentary on Galatians, p. 267;
B. D. under Cleopas.)