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Priscilla

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(little Prisca). Wife of Aquila (Acts 18:2,18,26²And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. (Acts 18:2)
¹⁸And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow. (Acts 18:18)
²⁶And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. (Acts 18:26); Rom. 16:3³Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: (Romans 16:3)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

The wife of Aquila. She and her husband are called by Paul “my fellow-workers in Christ Jesus.” Paul met them at Corinth, and they traveled with him to Ephesus, where they were enabled to expound unto Apollos the way of God more perfectly. Priscilla is sometimes mentioned before her husband (Acts 18:2,18,26²And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. (Acts 18:2)
¹⁸And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow. (Acts 18:18)
²⁶And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. (Acts 18:26); Rom. 16:3³Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: (Romans 16:3); 1 Cor. 16:19¹⁹The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. (1 Corinthians 16:19); 2 Tim. 4:19¹⁹Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. (2 Timothy 4:19)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

4252 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

Πρίσκιλλα

Transliteration:

Priscilla

Phonic:

pris’-cil-lah

Meaning:

diminutive of 4251; Priscilla (i.e. little Prisca), a Christian woman

KJV Usage:

Priscilla

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

little old woman (diminutive of Prisca)

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Old; ancient:―wife of Aquila [PRISCA], Acts 18:2. {Priscus}