Strong G4252Πρίσκιλλα
Priscilla
- Transliteration
- Priscilla
- Pronunciation
- pris'-cil-lah
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person
Definition
Diminutive of G4251; Priscilla (that is little Prisca) a Christian woman: - Priscilla.
Detailed definition
Πρίσκιλλα, see: Πρίσκα.
Πρίσκα, -ας, ἡ (Lat.), and Πρίσκιλλα, -ης, ἡ, Prisca: Rom_16:3, 1Co_16:19, 2Ti_4:19; Priscilla: Act_18:2; Act_18:18; Act_18:26; the wife of Aquila, vs. Ἀκύλας.†
(AS)
Πρίσκα, -ας, ἡ (Lat.), and Πρίσκιλλα, -ης, ἡ, Prisca: Rom_16:3, 1Co_16:19, 2Ti_4:19; Priscilla: Act_18:2; Act_18:18; Act_18:26; the wife of Aquila, vs. Ἀκύλας.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Priscilla
Early Christian teacher; wife of Aquila
Priscilla, also known as Prisca, was a Jewish Christian and the wife of Aquila, who worked with Paul in his ministry and hosted a church in their home.
In the Bible
Strong G4252 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- priscilla5
First verses
- Acts 18:2And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
- Acts 18:18And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
- Acts 18:26And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
- Romans 16:3Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
- 1 Corinthians 16:19The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.