Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(eagle). A Jewish convert of Pontus, and valuable assistant of Paul (Acts 18:2; 1 Cor. 16:19; Rom. 16:3).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
A converted Jew of Pontus, husband of Priscilla, whom Paul first met at Corinth (Acts 18:2). He and Paul worked together as tent-makers. Aquila and Priscilla had been driven from Rome as Jews by an edict of the emperor Claudius. They traveled with Paul to Ephesus, where they were able to help Apollos spiritually (Acts 18:18-26). They were still at Ephesus when Paul wrote 1 Corinthians (16:19); and were at Rome when the epistle to the saints there was written, in which Paul said they had laid down their necks for his life, and that to them all the churches, with Paul, gave thanks (Rom. 16:3-4). In Paul’s last epistle he still sends his greeting to them (2 Tim. 4:19).
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Meaning:
probably for Latin aquila (an eagle); Akulas, an Israelite
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
I shall be nourished (if from Hebrew) : an eagle (if Latin) : immovable (if Greek)
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
An eagle:―a native of Pontus; husband of Priscilla, Acts 18:2. {Aquila}