Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, April 26th, 2025
Saturday in Easter Week
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Encyclopedias
Tryphaena

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Truth
Next Entry
Tryphon
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

tri - fē´na ( Τρύφαινα , Trúphaina ; the King James Version, Tryphena): Tryphaena is coupled with "Tryphosa" - among those members of the Christian community at Rome to whom Paul sends greetings ( Romans 16:12 ). He describes them as those "who labor in the Lord." "The names, which might be rendered 'Dainty' and 'Disdain' (see James 5:5; Isaiah 66:11 ), are characteristically pagan, and unlike the description" (Denney). They were probably sisters or near relatives, for "it was usual to designate members of the same family by derivatives of the same root" (Lightfoot, Phil , 175). Both names are found in inscriptions connected with the imperial household, "Tryphosa" occurring more frequently than "Tryphaena."

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Tryphaena'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​t/tryphaena.html. 1915.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile