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Lexicon :: Strong's G5344 - phēlix

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Φῆλιξ
Transliteration
phēlix (Key)
Pronunciation
fay'-lix
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Latin origin
mGNT
9x in 4 unique form(s) TR
9x in 4 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Φῆλιξ Phēlix, fay'-lix; of Latin origin; happy; Phelix (i.e. Felix), a Roman:—Felix.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G5344 in the following manner: Felix (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G5344 in the following manner: Felix (9x).

  1. Felix = "happy"

    1. a Roman procurator of Judea appointed by the emperor Claudius in A.D. 53. He ruled the province in a mean, cruel, and profligate manner. His period of office was full of troubles and seditions. Paul was brought before Felix at Caesarea. He was remanded in prison, and kept there two years in hopes of extorting money from him. Acts 24:26,27. At the end of that time Porcius Festus was appointed to supersede Felix, who, on his return to Rome, was accused by the Jews in Caesarea, and would have suffered the penalty due to his atrocities had not his brother Pallas prevailed with the emperor Nero to spare him. The wife of Felix was Drusilla, daughter of Herod Agrippa I., who was his third wife and whom he persuaded to leave her husband and marry him.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Φῆλιξ Phēlix, fay'-lix; of Latin origin; happy; Phelix (i.e. Felix), a Roman:—Felix.
STRONGS G5344:
Φῆλιξ (Lachmann Φῆλιξ (so Tr in Acts 24:22 (by mistake?)); cf. Lipsius, Grammat. Untersuch., p. 37; Buttmann, 13 (12); (Tdf. Proleg., p. 104; and references under the word κῆρυξ)) (literally, 'happy', 'fortunate'), Φήλικος, ὁ (Claudius (but in Tacitus, hist. 5, 9 called Antonius)) Felix, the eleventh procurator of Judaea (apparently between A.D. 52 and 60). He was a freedman of Claudius and his mother Antonia, and the brother of Pallas, the powerful favorite of the emperor. He first married Drusilla ((?) see Dict. of Greek and Rom. Biogr. under the word, 4), the granddaughter of Cleopatra and Antony; and afterward Drusilla, the daughter of Derod Agrippa. According to Tacitus, "per omnem saevitiam ac libidinem jus regium servili ingenio exercuit," and by his cruelty and injustice he stimulated the rage of the turbulent Jews against the Roman rule. When he had retired from the province and come to Rome, the Jews of Caesarea accused him before the emperor, but through the intercession of his brother Pallas he was acquitted by Nero (cf. Tacitus, hist. 5, 9, 5f; annal. 12, 54; Suetonius, vit. Claudii, 28; Josephus, Antiquities 20, 7, 1f and 8, 5f; 7, 9; b. j. 2, 13): Acts 23:24, 26; Acts 24:3, 22, 24f, 27; Acts 25:14. Cf. Winers RWB, under the word; Paret in Herzog iv. 354; (V. Schmidt in Herzog edition 2, iv. 518f); Overbeck in Schenkel ii., 263f; Schürer, Neutest. Zeitgesch., p. 303f § 19, 4; (Farrar, St. Paul, chapter xli.).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
23:24; 23:26; 24:3; 24:22; 24:22; 24:24; 24:27; 25:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5344 matches the Greek Φῆλιξ (phēlix),
which occurs 9 times in 8 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:24 - also provide mounts for Paul to ride, and bring him safely to [fn]Felix the governor.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:26 -

“Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor Felix, greetings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:3 - in every way and in every place, most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this with all gratitude.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:22 -

But Felix, having a rather accurate understanding about the Way, put them off, saying, “When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:24 -

Several days later Felix came with his wife [fn]Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him talk about faith in Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:25 - But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control [honorable behavior, personal integrity], and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, “Go away for now, and when I find [a convenient] time I will send for you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:27 - But after two years had passed, Felix was succeeded [in office] by [fn]Porcius Festus; and wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul imprisoned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:14 - While they were spending many days there, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a man here who was left as a prisoner by Felix.
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