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NAVE: Crescens
EBD: Crescens
SMITH: CRESCENS
ISBE: CRESCENS
Crescens
In Bible versions:
Crescens: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
a christian man who worked with Paul
growing; increasing
growing; increasing
Greek
Strongs #2913: Krhskhv Kreskes
Crescens = "growing"1) an assistant of Paul, said to be one of the seventy disciples
2913 Kreskes krace'-kace
of Latin origin; growing; Cresces (i.e. Crescens), aChristian:-Crescens.
Crescens [EBD]
increasing, probably one of the seventy disciples of Christ. He was one of Paul's assistants (2 Tim. 4:10), probably a Christian of Rome.
Crescens [NAVE]
CRESCENS, a disciple with Paul at Rome, 2 Tim. 4:10.CRESCENS [SMITH]
(growing), (2 Timothy 4:10) an assistant of St. Paul, said to have been one of the seventy disciples.CRESCENS [ISBE]
CRESCENS - kres'-enz (Kreskes, "increasing"): An assistant of Paul, mentioned in 2 Tim 4:10 as having gone to Galatia. That he was one of the Seventy, and that he founded the church in Vienna in Gaul, are traditions without any trustworthy basis.