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Sosipater

Sosipater proper noun: a person mentioned in Romans 16:21. Perhaps the same person as Sopater.

Proper noun

Sosipater

  1. A person mentioned in Romans 16:21. Perhaps the same person as Sopater

Origin of Sosipater

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sōsipater, from Ancient Greek Σωσῐ́πᾰτρος (Sōsĭ́pătros), from σῴζω (sōízō, “save”) + πᾰτήρ (pătḗr, “father”), literally “savior of the father.” The second element takes its form from the native Latin pater (“father”).

Questions about Sosipater

What does Sosipater mean?
Sosipater means a person mentioned in Romans 16:21. Perhaps the same person as Sopater.
What part of speech is Sosipater?
Sosipater is a proper noun.

Words near Sosipater in the dictionary

  1. sosh meeds
  2. soshed
  3. soshes
  4. soshulist
  5. soshulists
  6. Sosipater
  7. sosiska
  8. sosiski
  9. Sosnick
  10. Sosnicki
  11. Sosnickis

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