Quick Definition
Persis
Biblical Persons & Places
Persis
Woman living at the time of the New Testament
A woman living at the time of the New Testament, only mentioned at Rom.16.12;
only referred to as Persis (Περσίς).
Strong's Definition
a Persian woman; Persis, a Christian female
KJV Usage: Persis
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Περσίς (literally, 'a Persian woman'), ἡ, accusative Περσίδα, Persis, a Christian woman: Rom_16:12.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Περσίς Persis 1x
Persis, pr. name, Rom_16:12
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Περσίς , -ίδος , ἡ ,
Persis: Rom_16:12 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Πέρσις [page 510]
For this proper name ( Rom_16:12 ) Rouffiac ( Recherckes , p. 90) cites exx. not only from Rome ( IG II. 768), but from Thespis ( IG VII. 2074), and from Egypt (BGU III. 895 .29 (ii/A.D.), as amended p. 8). No conclusive argument can therefore be drawn from it any more than from the other proper names in Rom_16:1-27 as to the locale of the Church to which they belonged : cf. Lightfoot Php_2:1-30 p. 171 ff., Lietzmann HZNT ad Rom_16:1-27 , and Milligan, p. 182 ff.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
Περσίς Περσίς, ίδος, [Etym: fem. of Περσικός] "Persian", Aesch. , etc. as Subst., (.] (sub. γῆ), "Persis, Persia", now "Farsistan", Hdt. (sub. γυνή), "a Persian woman", Xen. (sub. χλαῖνα), "a Persian cloak", Ar.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
1. Persian , (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.
2. as Substantive, (.] (entry γῆ); Persis, Persia , now Farsistan , (Herdotus Historicus)
3. (entry γυνή); a Persian woman , (Xenophon Historicus)
4. (entry χλαῖνα); a Persian cloak , (Aristophanes Comicus)
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