Bible Dictionary · J
Jewess
A woman of Hebrew birth, as Eunice, the mother of Timothy (Acts 16:1; 2 Tim 1:5), and Drusilla (Acts 24:24), wife of Felix, and daughter of Herod Agrippa I.
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- Acts 16:1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
- Acts 24:24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
