Bible Dictionary

Crispus

Curled, the chief of the synagogue at Corinth (Acts 18:8). He was converted and, with his family, baptized by Paul (1 Cor. 1:14).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Curled, the chief of the synagogue at Corinth (Acts 18:8). He was converted and, with his family, baptized by Paul (1 Cor. 1:14).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(curled), ruler of the Jewish synagogue at Corinth, (Acts 18:8) baptized with his family by St. Paul.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

CRIS'PUS. Acts 18:8. An officer of the Jewish synagogue at Corinth. He and his family were converted under Paul's preaching, and he received the ordinance of baptism at the apostle's hands. 1 Cor 1:14.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

curled