Strong's Number G1058

Γαλλίων

Gallion · gal-lee'-own

Transliteration:

Gallion{gal-lee'-own}

Word Origin:

of Latin origin

Part of Speech:

proper name masculine

Strong's Definition:

Gallion (i.e. Gallio), a Roman officer

Usage in the KJV:

Gallio 3

Total: 3
Occurs 3 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

Gallio = "One who lives on milk"

Junius Annaeus Gallio, the Roman proconsul of Achaia when Paul was at Corinth, 53 A.D., under the emperor Claudius. Acts 18:12. He was brother to Jucius Annaeus Seneca, the philosopher. Jerome in the Chronicle of Eusebius says that he committed suicide in 65 A.D. Winer thinks he was put to death by Nero.