Lucas ~ ሉቃስ: Luminous; white / HBN; Luke / SBD, (ፊል 1:24) ...[Related term(s):- Lecah, Likhi, Lucius, Luke]

The root words for ‘Lucas’ are ‘Liq’ (ሊቅ) and ‘Was’ (ዋስ) ፥ the meaning is ‘knowledgeable, learned progressive and wise deliverer’/ Ibid.

A friend and companion of Paul during his imprisonment at Rome; Luke (which see), the beloved physician, “Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers,” (Phlm 1:24)
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ሉቃስ ~Lucas, Luke: ሊቅ ዋስ፣ ሊቅ፣ አዋቂ፣ አስተዋይ፣ የተማረ፣ ቀዳሚ፣ መንገድ መሪ፣ አስተማሪ ማለት ነው። [ተዛማጅ ስሞች- ሉክዮስ፣ ሉቂዮስ፣ ሊቅሒ፣ ሌካ]

‘ሊቅ’ እና ’ዋስ’ ከሚሉ ቃላት የተመሠረተ ስም ነው።

I.                        ሉቃስ /Lucas: የቅዱስ ጳውሎስ አገልጋይ የነበረ፥ ሉቃስ፥ “አብረውኝም የሚሰሩ ማርቆስና አርስጥሮኮስ ዴማስም ሉቃስም ሰላምታ ያቀርቡልሃል።” (ፊል 1:24)

II.                        ሉቃስ /Luke: ሐኪም የነበረ፣ ሐዋርያው ሉቃስ፥ (ቆላ 4:14)