Dictionaries :: Apelles

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Apelles:

a Christian at Rome whom Paul salutes (Rom 16:10), and styles "approved in Christ."

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Apelles:

exclusion; separation

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Apelles:

a-pel'-ez (Apelles): A Christian at Rome to whom Paul sends greetings (Ro 16:10). He is described by Paul as "the, approved in Christ," i.e. "that approved Christian" (Denney). In some way unknown to us Apelles had been tested and he had proved faithful (compare Jas 1:12; 2Ti 2:15). It is a common name. Many commentators refer to Horace (Satires, i.5.100): "Credat Judaeus Apella, non ego."

Nave's Topical Bible

Apelles: A Disciple in Rome

Rom 16:10

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Apelles:

(called) a Christian saluted by St. Paul in Romans 16:10. Tradition makes him bishop of Smyrna or Heraclea. (A.D. 55)