Dictionaries :: Persis

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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."

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Persis:

same as Persia

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Persis:

pur'-sis (Persis): The name of a female member of the Christian community at Rome, to whom Paul sent greetings (Ro 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).

Nave's Topical Bible

Persis: A Christian Woman in Rome

Rom 16:12

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Persis:

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