a native or resident of Alexandria in Egypt

to cause to rise up, raise up

1. raise up from laying down

2. to raise up from the dead

3. to raise up, cause to be born, to cause to appear, bring forward

to rise, stand up

1. of persons lying down, of persons lying on the ground

2. of persons seated

3. of those who leave a place to go elsewhere

   1. of those who prepare themselves for a journey

4. of the dead

at arise, appear, stand forth

1. of kings prophets, priests, leaders of insurgents

2. of those about to enter into conversation or dispute with anyone, or to undertake some business, or attempt something against others

3. to rise up against any one

of separation

1. of local separation, after verbs of motion from a place i.e. of departing, of fleeing,...

2. of separation of a part from the whole

   1. where of a whole some part is taken

3. of any kind of separation of one thing from another by which the union or fellowship of the two is destroyed

4. of a state of separation, that is of distance

   1. physical, of distance of place

   2. temporal, of distance of time

of origin

1. of the place whence anything is, comes, befalls, is taken

2. of origin of a cause

Asia = "orient"

1. Asia proper or proconsular Asia embracing Mysia, Lydia, Phrygia, and Caria, corresponding closely to Turkey today

but, moreover, and, etc.

out of, from, by, away from

and, also, even, indeed, but

Cilicia = "the land of Celix"

1. a maritime province in the southeast of Asia Minor, boarding on Pamphylia in the west, Lycaonia and Cappadocia in the north and Syria in the east. Its capital, Tarsus, was the birth place of Paul

a native of Cyrene

to say, to speak

1. affirm over, maintain

2. to teach

3. to exhort, advise, to command, direct

4. to point out with words, intend, mean, mean to say

5. to call by name, to call, name

6. to speak out, speak of, mention

one who has been liberated from slavery, a freedman, or the son of a freed man

Libertine, denotes Jews (according to Philo) who had been made captives of the Romans under Pompey but were afterwards set free; and who although they had fixed their abode in Rome, had built at their own expense a synagogue at Jerusalem which they frequented when in that city, The name Libertines adhered to them to distinguish them from free born Jews who had subsequently taken up their residence at Rome. Evidence seems to have been discovered of the existence of a "synagogue of the Libertines" at Pompeii.

this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than "the" counted

Stephen = "crowned"

1. one of the seven deacons in Jerusalem and the first Christian martyr

to seek or examine together

in the NT to discuss, dispute, question

a bringing together, gathering (as of fruits), a contracting

in the NT, an assembling together of men, an assembly of men

a synagogue

1. an assembly of Jews formally gathered together to offer prayers and listen to the reading and expositions of the scriptures; assemblies of that sort were held every sabbath and feast day, afterwards also on the second and fifth days of every week; name transferred to an assembly of Christians formally gathered together for religious purposes

2. the buildings where those solemn Jewish assemblies are held. Synagogues seem to date their origin from the Babylonian exile. In the times of Jesus and the apostles every town, not only in Palestine, but also among the Gentiles if it contained a considerable number of Jewish inhabitants, had at least one synagogue, the larger towns several or even many. These were also used for trials and inflicting punishment.

a certain, a certain one

some, some time, a while