Bible Names

Aristarchus: meaning of the name

Aristarchus means “the best prince.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Aristarchus in Hebrew and Greek

Ἀρίσταρχος G708

Arístarchos — best ruling; Aristarchus, a Macedonian

from the same as G712 (ἄριστον) and G757 (ἄρχω);

Who named Aristarchus in the Bible

Aristarchus in Scripture

“Aristarchus” appears in 5 verses of the King James Version.

  • Acts 19:29

    And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.

  • Acts 20:4

    And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

  • Acts 27:2

    And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

  • Colossians 4:10

    Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister’s son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)

  • Philemon 1:24

    Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.