Bible Names

Elymas: meaning of the name

Elymas means “a magician, a corrupter.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Elymas in Hebrew and Greek

Ἐλύμας G1681

Elýmas — Elymas, a wizard

of foreign origin;

Who named Elymas in the Bible

Elymas in Scripture

“Elymas” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • Acts 13:8

    But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.