Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025
the Second Week after Epiphany
the Second Week after Epiphany
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Lois
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(Λωϊ v ς , perh. agreeable), the grandmother of Timothy, not by the side of his father, who was a Greek, but by that of his mother. Hence the Syriac has "thy mother's mother." She is commended by the apostle Paul for her faith (2 Timothy 1:5); for, although she might not have known that the Christ had come, and that Jesus of Nazareth was he, she yet believed in the Messiah to come, and died in that faith. Ante A.D. 64. (See TIMOTHY).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Lois'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/l/lois.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Lois'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/l/lois.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
