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Kolios is a place name appearing in the Greek text of 1 Esdras 9:23, likely representing a textual variant for Calitas.
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Kolios is a location mentioned in 1 Esdras 9:23 within the Apocrypha, generally identified as a scribal variant of the name Calitas found in Ezra 2:25.
What is the meaning of Colius in the Bible?
Kolios is a location mentioned in 1 Esdras 9:23 within the Apocrypha, generally identified as a scribal variant of the name Calitas found in Ezra 2:25.
SIGNIFICANCE
Recognizing Kolios as a variant of Calitas clarifies the textual transmission of the returnee lists and aligns the account in 1 Esdras with the parallel narrative in the Book of Ezra.
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