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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915

Emperor

emp'-er-er ho sebastos; Latin augustus:

The title of the Roman emperors; (Acts 25:21,25).

See AUGUSTUS; CAESAR.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, general editor (Chicago: Howard-Severance, 1915). Public domain. Text as published by biblestudytools.com. From the Encyclosphere, the open network of encyclopedias run by the Knowledge Standards Foundation. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: links to 1, 2, and 3 John that our source pointed at the Gospel of John corrected; our source’s section marks set as headings.