GREEK · G1409
Δρούσιλλα
Drousilla — Drusilla
Δρούσιλλα (Rec. Δρουσίλλα), ης, ἡ Drusilla, wife of Felix: Act.24:24.† (AS)
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Drusilla
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Historical dictionary entry
Third and youngest daughter of Herod Agrippa I. (Acts 12:1-4, 20-23). Felix, the Roman procurator of Judea, induced her to leave her husband, Azizus, the king of Emesa, and become his wife. She was present with Felix when Paul reasoned of “righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come” (Acts 24:24). She and her son perished in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, A.D. 79.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.