Akylas · Aquila

What it means

Akylas (Ἀκύλας) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Aquila”.

A Jew from Pontus, a tentmaker, husband of Priscilla and co-worker of Paul.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• Acts×3
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Timothy×1

• Acts 18:2

  And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who had recently come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome; and he went to them,

• Acts 18:18

  And Paul, having stayed many more days, took leave of the brothers and sailed away for Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila, having had his head shaved in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.

• Acts 18:26

  And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

• Romans 16:3

  Greet Prisca and Aquila, my coworkers in the Messiah Jesus,

• 1 Corinthians 16:19

  The assemblies of Asia greet you. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, with the assembly in their house.

• 2 Timothy 4:19

  Greet Prisca and Aquila and the household of Onesiphorus.