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CLEOPAS

kle'-o-pas (Kleopas, "renowned father"): One of the two disciples whom Jesus met on the way to Emmaus (Luke 24:18). The name is a contraction of Cleopatros, not identical with Clopas of John 19:25.

See also ALPHAEUS ; CLOPAS; CLEOPHAS .