Word Summary
Nēreus: Nereus, a Christian
Original Word: ΝηρεύςTransliteration: Nēreus
Phonetic Spelling: (nare-yoos')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: Nereus, a Christian
Meaning: Nereus -- a Christian
Strong's Concordance
Nereus.
Apparently from a derivative of the base of naus (meaning wet); Nereus, a Christian -- Nereus.
see GREEK naus
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3517: ΝηρεύςΝηρεύς ((cf.
Vanicek, p. 1158)),
Νηρευσεως,
ὁ,
Nereus, a Christian who lived at Rome:
Romans 16:15 (where
L marginal reading
Νηρεαν).