{"def":{"lit":"light-giving","short":"Lucas, a Christian","long":["a Gentile Christian, the companion of Paul in preaching the gospel and on his many journeys; he was a physician and author of the book of Luke and Acts in the New Testament"]},"deriv":"contracted from Latin <latin>Lucanus</latin>","pronun":{"ipa":"luˈkɑs","ipa_mod":"luˈkɑs","sbl":"loukas","dic":"loo-KAHS","dic_mod":"loo-KAHS"}}