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Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
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increasing, probably one of the seventy disciples of Christ. He was one of Paul’s assistants (2 Timothy 4:10), probably a Christian of Rome.
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kres'-enz (Kreskes, "increasing"): An assistant of Paul, mentioned in 2Ti 4:10 as having gone to Galatia. That he was one of the Seventy, and that he founded the church in Vienna in Gaul, are traditions without any trustworthy basis.