Bible Names

Marcus: meaning of the name

Marcus means “polite; shining.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Marcus in Hebrew and Greek

Μάρκος G3138

Márkos — Marcus, a Christian

of Latin origin;

Marcus in Scripture

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

  • 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.

  • 1 Peter 5:13

    The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.