Look up: Onesimus

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   Onesimus
   `Onesimus` (d. ca. 90-95) (Greek for `useful`, also called `Onesimus of Byzantium` and `The Holy Apostle Onesimus` in some Eastern Orthodox churches) was a slave to Philemon of Colossae, a man of Christian faith. Eventually, Onesimus transgressed against Philemon and fled to the site of Paul the Apostle's imprisonment (most probably Rome or Ephesus) to escape punishment for a theft he had committed , there, he heard the Gospel from Paul and conve...
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   Onesimus
   (from the article `variolation`) ...in England in 1721–22 by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu; it has long been known by the Turks, Chinese, and other peoples. In America, Cotton Mather ...
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   Onesimus
   (from the article `Philemon, The Letter of Paul to`) brief New Testament letter written by Paul the Apostle to a wealthy Christian of Colossae, Asia Minor, on behalf of Onesimus, Philemon`s former ... In a first edition, before the Paulinist changed or added to it, Colossians seems close to the situation of Philemon. In both letters Pau...
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   Onesimus
   Onesimus is a Lat In boy name. The meaning of the name is `Favorable` Where is it used? The name Onesimus is mainly used In the bible and In Ancient Greek (Latinized) .How do they say it elsewhere? Onisim ( In Russian) Anisim ( In Russian) Onesime ( In French) The name Onesimus doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years.
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   Onesimus
   Onesimus (ōnes'imus) , in the New Testament, runaway slave about whom Paul wrote the epistle to Philemon.
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