Φῆλιξ (Lehm. Φήλιξ, [so Trin Acts xxiv. 22 (by mistake ?)]; cf. Lipsius, Grammat. Untersuch. p. 37; B. 13 (12); [Tdf. Proleg. p. 104; and reff. s. v. xnpv&]), [lit. ‘happy’, ‘fortunate ’], τικος, 6, (Claudius [but in Tacit. Aist. 5, 9 called Antonius]) Feliz, the eleventh procurator of Juda, (apparently between a.p. 52 and 60). He was a freedman of Claudius and his mother Antonia, and the brother of Pallas, the powerful favorite of the emperor. He first married Drusilla [(?) see Dict. of Grk. and Rom. Biogr. s. v. 4], the granddaughter of Cleopatra and Antony; and afterwards Drusilla, the daughter of Herod Agrippa. Acc. to Tacitus “per omnem saevitiam ac libidinem jus regium servili ingenio exercuit”’, and by his cruelty and injustice he stimulated the rage of the turbulent Jews against the Roman rule. When he had retired from the province and come to Rome, the Jews of Cesarea accused him before the emperor, but through the intercession of his brother Pallas he was acquitted by Nero (cf. Tacit. hist. 5, 9, ὅ sq.; annal. 12, 54; Suet. vit. Claudii, 28; Joseph. antt. 20,7, 1 sq. and 8, 5 sq.; 7, 9; Ὁ. j. 2, 13): Acts xxiii. 24, 26; xxiv. 3, 22, 24sq. 27; xxv.14. Cf. Win. RWB.s. v.; Paret in Herzog iv. 354; [V. Schmidt in Herzog ed. 2, iv. 518 sq.]; Overbeck in Schenkel ii. 263 sq.; Schiirer, Neutest. Zeitgesch. p. 303 sq. § 19, 4; (Farrar, St. Paul, ch. xli.].

Φῆλιξ Phēlix 9x

Felix, pr. name, Acts 23:24, 26; 24:3, 22, 24f., 27; 25:14*

φῆλιξ (L, Φή-), -ικος, ὁ Felix, procurator of Judæa: Ac 23:24, 26 24:3, 22, 24, 25, 27 25:14.†

Φῆλιξ. For this common proper name cf. P Oxy IV. 800 (c. A.D. 153), where it is the name of a prefect. , φήμη, “‘report,” “rumour” (Mt 926, Lk 414): the word is doubtfully restored in BGU IV. r1o2qvii-28 (end iv/a.p.). A late ex. is afforded by P Masp I. 67097 verso 1089 (Byz.).

Φῆλιξ (Phēlix) — Felix. φῆλιξ (L, Φή-), -ικος, ὁ Felix, procurator of Judæa: Act.23:24, 26 24:3, 22 24:24-25, 27 25:14.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)