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Luke

ΛουκᾶςStrong’s G3065

Loukas

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Loukas is the Greek word usually translated “luke”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.”
Philemon 1:24 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “luke”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • luke 3

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Colossians 1
  • 2 Timothy 1
  • Philemon 1

3 books in all.

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Λουκᾶς Loukas · Luke

Λουκᾶς, -ᾶ, ὁ (prob. an abbreviation of Λουκανός; see Lft., Col., 240; ICC, Lk., xviii; Bl., § 29; accusative to Ramsay, Exp., Dec., 1912, pp. 502 ff., a by-form of Λούκιος, from Lat. Lucius), Luke: Lk, tit., Col.4:14, 2Ti.4:11, Phm 24.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.