Bible Person

Parmenas

Meaning: that abides · Male · 1 cross reference

Parmenas is one of the seven appointed in Acts 6:5. He belongs to the early church's first structured response to practical need and communal fairness. First appears in Acts 6:5.1

AI summary: Parmenas matters because his single cross reference places him among the seven chosen to serve the church at a moment of tension over distribution and care. The entry helps show that Spirit-filled ministry in the early church included practical administration as well as preaching. Taken together, the material presents Parmenas as one of the seven servants of the early church.1

Central Figure

Parmenas

Meaning: that abides

Constant, one of the seven “deacons” (Acts 6:5).