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Bar-jesus Son of Joshua, the patronymic of Elymas the sorcerer (Act 13:6), who met Paul and Barnabas at Paphos. Elymas is a word of Arabic origin meaning "wise." Bar-jona Son of Jonah, the patronymic of Peter (Mat 16:17; Joh 1:42), because his father's name was Jonas. (See Peter.) Barkos Painter, (Ezr 2:53; Neh 7:55).