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Notes: It is possible that βυρσεύς in RV ACT 9:43 · LV ACT 9:43 · Read together ACT 9:43 should be interpreted as the surname of Simon, a Christian in Joppa, that is to say, the name of Simon would be Simon Berseus or Simon Tanner.

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: βυρσεύς; -έως

Sense 1: tanner, maker of leather

Semantic entry: 6.186

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Cloth, Leather, and Objects Made of Such Materials

Definition: one who tans hides to make leather

Further resources: realia:1.13

ACT 9:43: RV ACT 9:43 · LV ACT 9:43 · Read together ACT 9:43

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OET-RV ACT 9:43

43 So Kefa stayed on there for quite a few days, living with a tanner of hides named Shim’on (Simon).

OET-LV ACT 9:43

43 And it _became many days to _remain in Yoppaʸ, with a_certain Simōn, a_tanner.

ACT 10:6: RV ACT 10:6 · LV ACT 10:6 · Read together ACT 10:6

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OET-RV ACT 10:6

6 He’s staying with Shim’on the tanner whose house is by the sea.”

OET-LV ACT 10:6

6 This one is _being _lodged with a_certain Simōn a_tanner, whose house is by the_sea.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

ACT: RV ACT 9:43 · RV ACT 10:6 · RV ACT 10:32 · LV ACT 9:43 · LV ACT 10:6 · LV ACT 10:32 · Read together ACT 9:43 · Read together ACT 10:6 · Read together ACT 10:32

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

βυρσεύς

Form 1

Sense 1: tanner, maker of leather