Strong's #1946: Epikoureios (pronounced ep-ee-koo'-ri-os)

from Epikouros (compare 1947) (a noted philosopher); an Epicurean or follower of Epicurus:--Epicurean.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Epikoureios

Epicurean = "a helper: defender"

1) belonging to the sect of Epicurius, the philosopher

Part of Speech: adjective

Relation: from Epikouros [compare G1947] (a noted philosopher)

Usage:

This word is used 1 times:

 

Acts 17:18: "certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered"