Topic
Niger
1 passage cited, from 4 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Acts 13:1Easton · Smith · Nave The surname of Simeon
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
Black, a surname of Simeon (Acts 13:1). He was probably so called from his dark complexion.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
ni'-jer (Niger).
See SIMEON, (5).
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → (Means “black”)
- → The surname of Simeon Ac 13:1
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.