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Date "ELYMAS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1379. (references)

Specialty Definition: ELYMAS

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BibleElymas magician or sorcerer, the Arabic name of the Jew Bar-jesus, who withstood Paul and Barnabas in Cyprus. He was miraculously struck with blindness (Acts 13:11). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
WikipedicElymas ("Wise" in Arabic) is another nome for Bar-Jesus ("son of Jesus"), a Jewish magician who appears in the New Testament in the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 13. (references)

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