Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Σίλας ‎(Sílas)

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /silás/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /silás/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /silás/

Proper noun

Σιλᾶς • ‎(Silâs) m ‎(genitive Σιλᾶ); first declension

1. A male given name, typically translated as Silas

Inflection

Descendants

• Greek: Σιλάς ‎(Silás)
• Latin: Sīlās

Usage notes

• Aramaic nouns ending in aleph were commonly borrowed into Ancient Greek as first declension masculine nouns, thus the ending -ᾶς.
• Biblically attested both as Σίλας and Σιλᾶς; Strong's number: G4609

References

• Strong, J. (1890). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Of The Bible. Abingdon Press.
• Moulton, W. F.; Marshall, I. Howard (June 2002). A Concordance to the Greek Testament (Greek). T. & T. Clark Publishers, 6th Ed. pp. 974.