Strong's Number G3972

Παῦλος

Paulos · pow'-los

Transliteration:

Paulos{pow'-los}

Word Origin:

of Latin origin

Part of Speech:

proper name masculine

Strong's Definition:

(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle

Usage in the KJV:

Paul 157, Paulus (the deputy) 1

Total: 164
Occurs 158 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

Paul or Paulus = "small or little"

Paul was the most famous of the apostles and wrote a good part of the NT, the 14 Pauline epistles
Paulus was a deputy or pro-consul of Cyprus and is said to be a prudent man, in the management of affairs, as a governor