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SILAS

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Greek, Biblical

Other Scripts: Σιλας (Greek)

Pronounced: SIE-ləs (English)   [key]

Short form of SILVANUS. This was the name of a companion of Saint Paul in the New Testament. It was not used as an English name until after the Protestant Reformation.
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