Persis
PERSIS
A Roman lady, whom Paul salutes, 1Ch 16:12, and calls his beloved sister.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Persis
(, a Greek name)
Persis is a woman saluted by St. Paul in Rom 16:12. She is described as the beloved ( ), by which may be meant a personal convert and disciple of the Apostle (see C. von Weizscker, Apostolic Age, Eng. tr._, i.2 [1897] 394) or one closely associated with him in his work. If so, it may be with intentional delicacy that St. Paul has so described her and not as my beloved, the term which he applies to three men whom he salutes (Epaenetus [Rom 16:5], Ampliatus [Rom 16:8], Stachys [Rom 16:9]). On the other hand, the beloved may indicate not personal relationship to the Apostle but the affection in which Persis was held by the whole Church to which she belonged and in which she laboured much in the Lord ( ). This further description completes our information with regard to Persis. It is noteworthy that the verb , which suggests painstaking effort, is used in Romans 16 only of women-of Mary (Rom 16:6), of Tryphaena and Tryphosa (Rom 16:12), and that the description of Persis includes the terms used of these, viz. (Mary), (Tryphaena and Tryphosa). Elsewhere is employed to describe the Apostles missionary labours (1Co 15:10, Gal 4:11, Php 2:16, Col 1:29), as well as the manual toil involved (1Co 4:12, Eph 4:28); also the work of the leaders of the Church at Thessalonica (1Th 5:12), of Christians like those who formed the household of Stephanas (1Co 16:16), and of certain elders in 1Ti 5:17 who labour in the word and in teaching. It is therefore impossible to regard the work of Persis and of the other women as limited to practical benevolence, such as the showing of hospitality. The aorist, in contrast to the present used in the same verse of the labours of Tryphaena and Tryphosa, may point to some definite occasion of special importance in the past; or we may suppose that Persis was an aged woman whose active work was over. The sphere in which we shall picture her activities will be determined by our acceptance of the Roman or Ephesian destination of these salutations. The name Persis does not appear in inscriptions of the Imperial household.
T. B. Allworthy.
Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church
Persis
(, fem. of , Persian, so used by AEschylus, Pers. 151, 281, and often), a female Christian at Rome, whom Paul salutes (Rom 16:12). A.D. 55. The apostle commends her with special affection on account of some work which she had performed with singular diligence (see Origen, ad loc.).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Persis
a female Christian at Rome whom Paul salutes (Rom. 16:12). She is spoken of as “beloved,” and as having “laboured much in the Lord.”
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Persis
A Christian woman, saluted and praised by Paul (Rom 16:12) as having “laboured much in the Lord”; compare Priscilla’ s ministrations as to Apollos (Act 18:26).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Persis
PERSIS.A Christian woman saluted in Rom 16:12.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Persis
pursis (, Perss): The name of a female member of the Christian community at Rome, to whom Paul sent greetings (Rom 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).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Persis
[Per’sis]
A Christian woman at Rome, to whom Paul sent a salutation. He called her, “the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.” Rom 16:12.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Persis
G4069
A Christian woman in Rome.
Rom 16:12
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Persis
Per’sis. (a Persian woman). A Christian woman at Rome, Rom 16:12, whom St. Paul salutes. (A.D. 55).