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| == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55035" /> ==
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| <p> (Ἀμπλιᾶτος [ Romans 16:8 א ABFG], a common Lat. name of which Authorized Version <b> [[Amplias]] </b> [Ἀμπλίας, DELP] is a contraction) </p> <p> [[Saluted]] by St. Paul and described as ‘my beloved in the Lord’ (τὸν ἀγαπητόν μου ἐν Κυρίῳ). The only other persons described in Romans 16 as ‘my beloved’ are [[Epaenetus]] ( Romans 16:5) and [[Stachys]] ( Romans 16:9). A woman is saluted-perhaps with intentional delicacy-as ‘Persia the beloved’ ( Romans 16:12). The precise phrase ‘my beloved in the Lord’ does not occur again in the NT. The special term of [[Christian]] endearment might suggest that [[Ampliatus]] was a personal convert of St. Paul’s or closely associated with him in Christian work. Such friends, however, are referred to as ‘beloved child’ (Timothy, 1 Corinthians 4:17), ‘beloved brother’ (Tychicus, Ephesians 6:21), ‘beloved fellow-servant’ (Epaphras, Colossians 1:7), etc. (cf. articleBeloved). Nothing whatever is known of Ampliatus beyond this reference. </p> <p> Assuming the integrity of the [[Epistle]] and the Roman destination of these salutations, he was perhaps a Roman, whom St. Paul had met on one of his missionary journeys, and who was known by the [[Apostle]] at the time of writing to be residing in or visiting Rome. It is interesting to find the name Ampliatus several times in inscriptions belonging to the Imperial <i> familia </i> or household (see Lightfoot, <i> Philippians </i> 4, 1878, p. 174, and Sanday-Headlam, <i> Romans </i> 5, 1902, p. 424). Sanday-Headlam also refer to a Christian inscription in the catacomb of [[Domitilla]] belonging to the end of the 1st or beginning of the 2nd cent. in which the name occurs, possibly as that of a slave or freedman prominent in the Church. If the view be held that the salutations in Romans 16 were part of a letter to the Church of Ephesus, Ampliatus must have been a Roman, resident in Ephesus, with whom St. Paul became acquainted during his long stay in that city. It is possible that he was a Jew who had taken a Latin name (cf. the names Paulus, and [[Lucius]] a ‘kinsman,’ <i> i.e. </i> a Jew, Romans 16:21). </p> <p> T. B. Allworthy. </p>
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| | <p> ''''' am ''''' - ''''' pli ''''' - ''''' ā´tus ''''' ( Ἀμπλιᾶτος , <i> ''''' Ampliā́tos ''''' </i> , Codex Sinaiticus, A,B,F, Ἀμπλιᾶτυς , <i> ''''' Ampliā́tus ''''' </i> ; Ἀμπλιᾶς , <i> ''''' [[Amplias]] ''''' </i> , D,E,L,P, the Revised Version (British and American) form; the King James Version Amplias ): The name of a member of the [[Christian]] community at Rome, to whom Paul sent greetings ( Romans 16:8 ). He is designated "my beloved in the Lord." It is a common name and is found in inscriptions connected with the imperial household. The name is found twice in the cemetery of Domitilla. The earlier inscription is over a cell which belongs to the end of the 1st century or the beginning of the 2nd century. The bearer of this name was probably a member of her household and conspicuous in the early Christian church in Rome. </p> |
| == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49072" /> ==
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| <p> <strong> AMPLIATUS </strong> (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] <strong> Amplias </strong> ). Greeted by St. Paul ( Romans 16:8 ), perhaps of the imperial household (Lightfoot on Philippians 4:22 ), and a prominent Christian (Sanday-Headlam). The name, a common slave designation, is found inscribed in the catacombs. </p> <p> A. J. Maclean. </p>
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| == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71100" /> ==
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| <p> '''Amplia'tus.''' (Revised Version). Romans 16:8. (The full name of which [[Amplias]] , above, is the contraction. (The name in this form is "common in the sepulchral inscriptions of persons connected with Caesar's household." (A.D. 55) - Editor). </p>
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| == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38148" /> ==
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| == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_877" /> ==
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| <p> ''''' am ''''' - ''''' pli ''''' - ''''' ā´tus ''''' ( Ἀμπλιᾶτος , <i> ''''' Ampliā́tos ''''' </i> , Codex Sinaiticus, A,B,F, Ἀμπλιᾶτυς , <i> ''''' Ampliā́tus ''''' </i> ; Ἀμπλιᾶς , <i> ''''' Amplias ''''' </i> , D,E,L,P, the Revised Version (British and American) form; the King James Version Amplias ): The name of a member of the Christian community at Rome, to whom Paul sent greetings ( Romans 16:8 ). He is designated "my beloved in the Lord." It is a common name and is found in inscriptions connected with the imperial household. The name is found twice in the cemetery of Domitilla. The earlier inscription is over a cell which belongs to the end of the 1st century or the beginning of the 2nd century. The bearer of this name was probably a member of her household and conspicuous in the early Christian church in Rome. </p> | |
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| <ref name="term_55035"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-new-testament/ampliatus Ampliatus from Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_49072"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/ampliatus Ampliatus from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_71100"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/ampliatus Ampliatus from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_38148"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/ampliatus Ampliatus from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_877"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/ampliatus Ampliatus from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | | <ref name="term_877"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/ampliatus Ampliatus from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> |
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Ampliatus [1]
am - pli - ā´tus ( Ἀμπλιᾶτος , Ampliā́tos , Codex Sinaiticus, A,B,F, Ἀμπλιᾶτυς , Ampliā́tus ; Ἀμπλιᾶς , Amplias , D,E,L,P, the Revised Version (British and American) form; the King James Version Amplias ): The name of a member of the Christian community at Rome, to whom Paul sent greetings ( Romans 16:8 ). He is designated "my beloved in the Lord." It is a common name and is found in inscriptions connected with the imperial household. The name is found twice in the cemetery of Domitilla. The earlier inscription is over a cell which belongs to the end of the 1st century or the beginning of the 2nd century. The bearer of this name was probably a member of her household and conspicuous in the early Christian church in Rome.
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