Search results
Agabus. AGABUS ăg’ ə bəs ( ̓́Αγαβος, ̔́γαβος [Nestle], derivation uncertain, חָגָב֒, H2506, locust, as a proper name, or עָגַב, H6311, to love ). A NT prophet from Judea (Jerusalem) who on two separate occasions by the Spirit made a prediction.
Agabus is mentioned twice in the Bible, both time in the Book of Acts. Agabus is a prophet based in Judea who prophesied about both the famine during the reign of Claudius Caesar and Paul's arrest in Jerusalem.
And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
Ag´uh-buhs. A Christian prophet from Jerusalem who, in Antioch, predicted a widespread famine during the reign of the emperor Claudius ( Acts 11:27-28 ); later, at Caesarea, he foresaw Paul’s arrest in Jerusalem and subsequent imprisonment by the Gentiles ( Acts 21:10-11 ). Share. HarperCollins Bible Dictionary.
28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. 10 And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
Acts 11:28-29. New International Version. 28 One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world. (This happened during the reign of Claudius.) 29 The disciples, as each one was able, decided to provide help for the brothers and sisters living in Judea. Read full chapter
Agabus. "A prophet" of the early church, perhaps one of "the seventy" disciples of Christ. He foretold the famine, of which Suetonious and others speak, in the days of Claudius, A. D. 44. It was very severe in Judea; and aid was sent to the church at Jerusalem from Antioch, Acts 11:27.
