McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Jewess

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Jewess


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( É᾿ïõäáßá ), a woman of Hebrew birth, without distinction of tribe (Act_16:1; Act_24:24). It is applied in the former passage to Eunice, the mother of Timothy, who was unquestionably of Hebrew origin (comp. 2Ti_3:15), and in the latter to Drusilla, the wife of Felix and daughter of Herod Agrippa I. — Smith. SEE JEW.