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Rhoda
Biblical Persons & Places
Rhoda
Woman living at the time of the New Testament
A woman living at the time of the New Testament, only mentioned at Act.12.13;
only referred to as Rhoda (Ῥόδη).
Strong's Definition
Rode, a servant girl
Derivation: probably for rhode (a rose);
KJV Usage: Rhoda
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Ῥόδη, Ρ᾽οδης, ἡ, Rhoda (i. e. 'rose'), the name of a certain maidservant: Act_12:13.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Ῥόδη Rhodē 1x
Rhoda, pr. name, Act_12:13
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Ῥόδη , -ης , ἡ ,
Rhoda: Act_12:13 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Ῥόδη [page 564]
For this proper name ( Act_12:13 ) cf. the inscr. on a gravestone at Alexandria of iii/B.C. Preisigke 392 Ῥόδη Μύση μάμμη . Blass ( ad Ac l.c .) points out that the name is found in myths and comedies : see e.g. Menander Fragm . 245 .6 , 546 .5 , Philemon fr . 84.
Ῥοδίνη is found as a proper name in the Christian inscr. CIG IV. 9484. The adj. ῥόδινος occurs in P Oxy III. 496 .4 (articles in a dowry A.D. 127) ζ̣ώνας δύο , σανδυκίνη̣ν̣, ῥοδίνην , 2 girdles, one red, the other rose-coloured, and P Goodsp Chicago 4 .3 (medical prescription ii/A.D.) κηρωτὴ ῥοδίνη , wax-ointment scented with rose. See also P Petr II, 34 ( b ) .6 (an account for unguents iii/B.C.) (= Sudboff Δrztlickes , p. 47) ῥοδίνου β̄ .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
a rose-tree, rose-bush , (Archilochus Lyricus) (ML)