Dictionaries :: Crispus

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Crispus:

curled, the chief of the synagogue at Corinth (Act 18:8). He was converted and, with his family, baptized by Paul (1Cr 1:14).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Crispus:

curled

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Crispus:

kris'-pus (Krispos, "curled"): One of the small number baptized by Paul among the Corinthian Christians (1Co 1:14). He had been ruler of the Jewish synagogue, but he "believed in the Lord with all his house"; and, following Paul, withdrew from the synagogue (Ac 18:7,8). He seems to have been succeeded by Sosthenes (Ac 18:17). According to tradition he became bishop of Aegina.

Nave's Topical Bible

Crispus: A Leader of a Synagogue at Corinth

Act 18:8; 1Cr 1:14

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Crispus:

(curled) ruler of the Jewish synagogue at Corinth (Acts 18:8) baptized with his family by St. Paul (1 Corinthians 1:14). (A.D. 50)