Bible Names

Lysias: meaning of the name

Lysias means “dissolving.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Lysias in Hebrew and Greek

Λυσίας G3079

Lysías — Lysias, a Roman

of uncertain affinity;

Lysias in Scripture

“Lysias” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • Acts 23:26

    Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.

  • Acts 24:7

    But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,

  • Acts 24:22

    And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.