Παῦλος

Paulos · Paul

Greek word · Strong’s number G3972 · appears 158 times in the Bible

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What it means

Paulos (Παῦλος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Paul”.

The Roman name of the apostle Saul; also Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus.

How to say it

Pau·los

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.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • Paul ×157
  • Paulus ×1

Where it appears

  • Acts 13:7

    who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. He summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.

  • Acts 13:9

    But Saul, who is also Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, stared at him

  • Acts 13:13

    And Paul and those with him put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia; but John left them and returned to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 13:16

    So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand he said, “Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen.

  • Acts 13:43

    And when the meeting broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were persuading them to remain in the grace of God.

  • Acts 13:45

    But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and were contradicting the things spoken by Paul, blaspheming.

  • Acts 13:46

    And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you reject it and judge yourselves not worthy of eternal life, look, we are turning to the nations.

  • Acts 13:50

    But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their region.

  • Acts 14:9

    This man heard Paul speaking; and he, staring at him and seeing that he had faith to be healed,

  • Acts 14:11

    And the crowds, seeing what Paul had done, lifted up their voice, saying in Lycaonian, “The gods have become like men and have come down to us.”

  • Acts 14:12

    And they were calling Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

  • Acts 14:14

    But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out

  • Acts 14:19

    But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having won over the crowds and stoned Paul, they dragged him outside the city, thinking that he had died.

  • Acts 15:2

    And when there was no small dissension and debate between Paul and Barnabas and them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others of them to go up to Jerusalem, to the apostles and elders, about this question.

  • Acts 15:12

    And all the multitude fell silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they described how many signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.

  • Acts 15:22

    Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas who was called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers.

  • Acts 15:25

    it seemed good to us, having come to one mind, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

  • Acts 15:35

    But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and proclaiming the good news of the word of the Lord, with many others also.

  • Acts 15:36

    And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back now and visit the brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”

  • Acts 15:38

    But Paul thought it right not to take along this man, the one who had withdrawn from them from Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work.

  • Acts 15:40

    But Paul chose Silas and departed, having been commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers.

  • Acts 16:3

    Paul wanted this man to go out with him, and taking him, he circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

  • Acts 16:9

    And a vision appeared to Paul during the night: a certain Macedonian man was standing and urging him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

  • Acts 16:14

    And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, a worshiper of God, was listening; the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was spoken by Paul.

  • Acts 16:17

    She, following Paul and us, kept crying out, saying, “These men are slaves of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you a way of salvation.”

  • Acts 16:18

    And she kept doing this for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed and turning to the spirit, said, “I command you in the name of Jesus the Messiah to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour.

  • Acts 16:19

    But when her masters saw that the hope of their profit had gone out, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.

  • Acts 16:25

    And about midnight Paul and Silas, while praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

  • Acts 16:28

    But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, “Do no harm to yourself, for we are all here!”

  • Acts 16:29

    And asking for lights, he rushed in and, trembling, fell down before Paul and Silas.

  • Acts 16:36

    And the jailer reported these words to Paul: “The magistrates have sent word that you be released. So now come out and go in peace.”

  • Acts 16:37

    But Paul said to them, “They beat us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Romans, and threw us into prison, and now are they throwing us out secretly? No indeed! Rather, let them come themselves and bring us out.”

  • Acts 17:2

    And according to Paul’s custom, he went in to them, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

  • Acts 17:4

    And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, and so did a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women.

  • Acts 17:10

    And the brothers at once sent away both Paul and Silas by night to Berea; and they, on arriving, went into the synagogue of the Jews.

  • Acts 17:13

    But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

  • Acts 17:14

    So then the brothers at once sent off Paul to go as far as the sea, and both Silas and Timothy remained there.

  • Acts 17:15

    And those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving an instruction for Silas and Timothy that they should come to him as soon as possible, they departed.

  • Acts 17:16

    And as Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.

  • Acts 17:22

    So Paul, standing in the middle of the Areopagus, said, “Men of Athens, I see how very religious you are in every way.

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