GREEK · G5344
Φῆλιξ
Phēlix — Felix
φῆλιξ (L, Φή-), -ικος, ὁ Felix, procurator of Judæa: Act.23:24, 26 24:3, 22 24:24-25, 27 25:14.† (AS)
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Felix
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G2840
κοινόω
koinoō — to profane
κοινόω, -ῶ [in LXX: 4Ma.7:6 א R* ;] 1. in cl., to make common. 2. In LXX, l.with, and NT (as κοινός, 2), to make ceremonially unclean, to profane (= cl., βεληλόω): Mat.15:11, 18 15:20, Mrk.7:15, 18 7:20, 23, Act.21:28; pass., Heb.9:13. 3. to count unclean (cf. δικαιόω): Act.10:15 11:9.† SYN.: βεβηλόω. Thayer (see word κ.) mentions that Winer Notes the accuracy whereby the Jews are said to use κ. in addressing Jews, Act.21:28, and β. when speaking to Felix, 24:6 (Cremer, 362) (AS)
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Δρούσιλλα
Drousilla — Drusilla
Δρούσιλλα (Rec. Δρουσίλλα), ης, ἡ Drusilla, wife of Felix: Act.24:24.† (AS)
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τύχη
tuchē — good luck
1. the good which man obtains τυγχάνει); by the favour of the gods, good fortune, luck, success , (Theognis Elegiacus), etc.; σὺν τύχῃ (Sophocles Tragicus); θείᾳ τύχῃ, Lat. divinitus, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.:—; hence Τύχη was deified, like Lat. Fortuna, Τύχη Σώτειρα (Pindar); T. Σωτήρ (Aeschulus Tragicus) 2. generally, fortune, chance , good or bad, in singular and plural, (Herdotus Historicus), attic 3. rarely of positive ill fortune , ἢν χρήσωνται τύχῃ, i. e. if they are killed, (Euripides); τύχῃ by ill-luck , (Antipho Orator) 4. especially, ἀγαθὴ τ. (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.; in dative ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ "in God's name, " (Demosthenes Orator), etc.; by crasis, τύχἀγαθῇ (Aristophanes Comicus);—;this formula was also introduced into treaties, like Lat. quod felix faustumque sit, Λάχης εἶπε, τύχῃ ἀγαθῇ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἐκεχειρίαν Decret. in (Thucydides):—;so ἐπ᾽ ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ (Aristophanes Comicus), etc. 5. Adverbial usages, τύχῃ by chance , Lat. forte, forte fortuna, (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.; ἀπὸ τύχης (Aristotle Philosopher); ἐκ τύχης (Plato Philosophus); διὰ τύχην (Isocrates Orator), etc.; κατὰ τύχην (Thucydides), etc. 6. a chance, hap, accident , (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.; τῆς τύχης, τὸ ἐμὲ τυχεῖν . . ! what a piece of ill-luck , that . . ! (Xenophon Historicus); mostly of mishaps, misfortunes , (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc. (ML)
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Happy, the Roman procurator of Judea before whom Paul “reasoned” (Acts 24:25). He appears to have expected a bribe from Paul, and therefore had several interviews with him. The “worthy deeds” referred to in 24:2 was his clearing the country of banditti and impostors. At the end of a two years’ term, Porcius Festus was appointed in the room of Felix (A.D. 60), who proceeded to Rome, and was there accused of cruelty and malversation of office by the Jews of Caesarea. The accusation was rendered nugatory by the influence of his brother Pallas with Nero. (See Josephus, Ant. xx. 8, 9.) Drusilla, the daughter of Herod Agrippa, having been induced by Felix to desert her husband, the king of Emesa, became his adulterous companion. She was seated beside him when Paul “reasoned” before the judge. When Felix gave place to Festus, being “willing to do the Jews a pleasure,” he left Paul bound.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.