Lexicon
Πρίσκιλλα
Priskilla
G4252
N:N-F-P Greek

Priscilla

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Priskilla identifies the woman named with Aquila in accounts of travel, hospitality, and instruction.

The attested forms identify the same woman in connection with Aquila: she is found with him, travels with him, and joins him in taking a speaker aside for fuller instruction.

Senses in use

  1. A woman named alongside Aquila · dominant

    In Acts 18:2, the accusative singular feminine form occurs in the description of Aquila and his wife; the APB renders the verse with “Priscilla his wife” and says that Paul went to them. In Acts 18:18 and Acts 18:26, the nominative singular feminine form names her with Aquila as they travel with Paul and as they take a synagogue speaker aside to explain the way of God more accurately.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Priscilla” in all three verses, pairing her with Aquila; it is a whole-verse translation.

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