Acts 18:2
And 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.
Biblical meaning of the name Priscilla
Meaning
“Venerable”
Priscilla is the affectionate diminutive of Prisca, a Latin name from priscus, “ancient” — in the sense of respected, venerable. In the Greek, Luke calls her Priscilla; Paul calls her Prisca.
In the original:Πρίσκιλλα Prískilla · Strong G4252Πρίσκα Príska · Strong G4251
Who was Priscilla in the Bible?
Priscilla and her husband Aquila were Jews expelled from Rome and tentmakers, like Paul, who lived and worked with them in Corinth. Together they explained the way of God more accurately to the preacher Apollos, and a church met in their house.
Where the name appears
Acts 18:26
And 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.
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