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Dictionaries :: Blastus

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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Blastus:

chamberlain to king Herod Agrippa I. (Act 12:20). Such persons generally had great influence with their masters.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Blastus:

that buds or brings forth

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Blastus:

blas'-tus (Blastos, "shoot"): The chamberlain of Herod Agrippa I, whose services as an intermediary between them and the king were gained by the people of Tyre and Sidon. These cities were dependent on Palestine for corn and other provisions, and when Herod, on the occasion of some commercial dispute, forbade the export of foodstuffs to Tyre and Sidon, they were at his mercy and were compelled to ask for peace. "Having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend," probably by means of a bribe, the Phoenician embassy was given an opportunity of setting their case before Herod (Ac 12:20 ff).

Written by S. F. Hunter

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Blastus:

(sprout) the chamberlain of Herod Agrippa I (Acts 12:20).

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