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Rhodē
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Rhoda
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Rhode is the personal name of the servant girl who comes to answer the gate in Acts 12:13.
The attested use is a personal name identifying the servant girl who comes to answer when someone knocks at the gate in Acts 12:13.
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Personal name of the servant girl · dominant
In Acts 12:13, the nominative singular feminine form identifies the servant girl who comes in response to knocking at the gate; the APB renders the clause, "a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer."
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 12:13, the APB presents the name in "a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer." The verse is read as a whole, but the clause identifies the named servant girl.