אוֹנְקְלוֹס, אָנְקְלוֹס pr. n. m. (Ocellus?) Onk’los, the alleged translator of the Pentateuch into Chaldaic, freq. surnamed הַגֵּר the proselyte; often identified with Aquila, the alleged author of a Greek translation of the Bible; v. עְקִילָס. Cmp. Meg. 3ᵃ; Ab. Zar. 11ᵃ, with Tanḥ. Mishp. 5. Cant. R. to I, 11 אלקולאון q. v.
אוֹנְקְלוֹס
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אוֹנְקְלוֹס , אָנְקְלוֹס pr. n. m. (Ocellus?) Onk’los , the alleged translator of the Pentateuch into Chaldaic, freq. surnamed הַגֵּר the proselyte;…
References
- Jastrow, עֲקִילַס 1
- Megillah 3a:4
- Avodah Zarah 11a:2
- Exodus 5
- Shir HaShirim Rabbah 1:11
- Jastrow, *אלקולאון 1