Given name
Parmenas
“near-stayer”
Parmenas is a given name from Latin. It is used in German.
Original GreekΠαρμενας
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Parmenas means “near-stayer.”
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Where it comes from
Parmenas is a biblical name from Greek.
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Parmenas appears in Acts 6:5.
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Parmenas’s family of names
In German usage, Parmenas has a conventional equivalent in the French form Parménas.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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