Bible Thesaurus: Persis

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Persis (1 Occurrence)
...PERSIS. pur'-sis (Persis): The name of a female member of the Christian community
at Rome, to whom Paul sent greetings (Romans 16:12). ...Persis (1 Occurrence). ...
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Persians (6 Occurrences)
... pur'-shanz, -zhanz (parac, also equals PERSIA, PERSIS (which see); adjective parci
Hebrew, and parcay, Aramaic.; Persai, adjective only in Nehemiah 12:22 ...
/p/persians.htm - 20k

Medes (15 Occurrences)
... Rawlinson, Western Asiatic Inscriptions, I, 35) declares that he (810-781 BC) had
conquered "the land of the Medes and the land of Parsua" (Persis), as well as ...
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Beloved (117 Occurrences)
... 58 James 1:16; James 2:5). Many individuals are specified by name: Timothy (2 Timothy
1:2); Philemon (Philemon 1:1); Amplias, Urbane, Stachys, Persis (Romans 16 ...
/b/beloved.htm - 40k

Persist (10 Occurrences)

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Labor (181 Occurrences)
... (Root in WEB ASV WBS). Romans 16:12 Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the
Lord. Greet Persis, the beloved, who labored much in the Lord. (WEB ASV WBS). ...
/l/labor.htm - 38k

Labored (35 Occurrences)
... (WEB). Romans 16:12 Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Greet Persis,
the beloved, who labored much in the Lord. (WEB ASV WBS). ...
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Labour (119 Occurrences)
... Romans 16:12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved
Persis, which laboured much in the Lord. (KJV WEY DBY YLT). ...
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Laboured (34 Occurrences)
... Romans 16:12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the
beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord. (KJV WEY DBY). ...
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Labouring (18 Occurrences)
... (KJV DBY YLT). Romans 16:12 salute Tryphaena, and Tryphosa, who are labouring in
the Lord; salute Persis, the beloved, who did labour much in the Lord. (YLT). ...
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Bible Concordance

Persis (1 Occurrence)

Romans 16:12 Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Greet Persis, the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Persis

same as Persia

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Persis

(a Persian woman), a Christian woman at Rome, (Romans 16:12) whom St. Paul salutes. (A.D. 55.)

ATS Bible Dictionary

Persis

A Roman lady, whom Paul salutes, Romans 16:12, and calls his beloved sister.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A female Christian at Rome whom Paul salutes (Romans 16:12). She is spoken of as "beloved," and as having "laboured much in the Lord."

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) A kind of coloring matter obtained from lichens.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

PERSIS

pur'-sis (Persis): The name of a female member of the Christian community at Rome, to whom Paul sent greetings (Romans 16:12). Paul designates her "the beloved, who labored much in the Lord." The name is not found in inscriptions of the imperial household, but it occurs as the name of a freedwoman (CIL, VI, 23, 959).

Greek

4069. Persis -- Persis, a Christian at Rome
... 4068, 4069. Persis. 4070 . Persis, a Christian at Rome. Part of Speech:
Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Persis Phonetic Spelling ...
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Library

Persis
... ROMANS PERSIS. 'Salute the beloved Persis, who laboured much in the
Lord.'"Romans 16:12. There are a great number of otherwise ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/persis.htm

of the Statue of Christ in Paneas which Julian Overthrew and Made ...
... Fountain of Emmaus in which Christ washed his Feet. Concerning the Tree Persis,
which worshiped Christ in Egypt, and the Wonders wrought through it. ...
/.../sozomen/the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter xxi of the statue.htm

Rom. xvi. 5
... labor even. But Persis he calls beloved too, to show that she is greater
than these. For he says, "Salute my beloved Persis.". And ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xxxi rom xvi 5.htm

Romans, Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)
... PHOEBE. PRISCILLA AND AQUILA. TWO HOUSEHOLDS. TRYPHENA AND TRYPHOSA. PERSIS. A CRUSHED
SNAKE. TERTIUS. QUARTUS A BROTHER. CORINTHIANS (To II Corinthians, Chap. ...
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Contents
... TWO HOUSEHOLDS (Romans 16:10,11). TRYPHENA AND TRYPHOSA (Romans 16:12). PERSIS
(Romans 16:12). A CRUSHED SNAKE (Romans 16:20). TERTIUS (Romans 16:22, RV). ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/contents.htm

Accordingly, as this Man's Fame was Becoming Always the More ...
... came, and who he was, or by whom he had been sent, he used to reply: "I belong to
the district of Mesopotamia, but I come at present from Persis, having been ...
/.../4 accordingly as this mans.htm

These Things, Moreover, He Has Said with the view of Showing us ...
... And how, then, shall we credit the professions of this Manes, who comes from
Persis, [1807] and declares himself to be the Paraclete? ...
/.../35 these things moreover he.htm

Deacons and Deaconesses.
... deaconess of the church of Cenchreae, the port of Corinth, and it is more than probable
that Prisca (Priscilla), Mary, Tryphaena, Tryphosa, and Persis, whom he ...
/.../history of the christian church volume i/section 62 deacons and deaconesses.htm

The Greek Philosophy in Great Part Derived from the Barbarians.
... even those among the Egyptians who are called Arpenodaptæ, with all of whom I lived
in exile up to eighty years." For he went to Babylon, and Persis, and Egypt ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter xv the greek philosophy in.htm

The Women of the Apostolic Age
... mouth. He also sends greeting to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who, with Persis,
were probably deaconesses serving the church at Rome. ...
/.../brittain/women of early christianity/ii the women of the.htm

Subtopics

Persis

Persis: A Christian Woman in Rome

Related Terms

Persians (6 Occurrences)

Medes (15 Occurrences)

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Persist (10 Occurrences)

Labor (181 Occurrences)

Labored (35 Occurrences)

Labour (119 Occurrences)

Laboured (34 Occurrences)