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Lexicon :: Strong's G959 - bernikē

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Βερνίκη
Transliteration
bernikē (Key)
Pronunciation
ber-nee'-kay
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a provincial form of φέρω (G5342) and νίκη (G3529)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
3x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Βερνίκη Berníkē, ber-nee'-kay; from a provincial form of G5342 and G3529; victorious; Bernice, a member of the Herodian family:—Bernice.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G959 in the following manner: Bernice (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G959 in the following manner: Bernice (3x).

  1. Bernice = "bring victory"

    1. the eldest daughter of Herod Agrippa I. Acts 12:1

      She was first married to her uncle Herod, king of Chalcis, and after his death (A.D. 48) she lived under circumstances of great suspicion with her own brother, Agrippa II, in connection with whom she is mentioned as having visited Festus on his appointment as procurator of Judea.
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Βερνίκη Berníkē, ber-nee'-kay; from a provincial form of G5342 and G3529; victorious; Bernice, a member of the Herodian family:—Bernice.
STRONGS G959:
Βερνίκη, -ης, ἡ, (for Βερενίκη, and this the Macedonic form [cf. Sturz, De dial. Mac., p. 31] of Φερενίκη [i. e. victorious]), Bernice or Berenice, daughter of Herod Agrippa the elder. She married first her uncle Herod, king of Chalcis, and after his death Polemon, king of Cilicia. Deserting him soon afterwards, she returned to her brother Agrippa, with whom previously when a widow she was said to have lived incestuously. Finally she became for a time the mistress of the emperor Titus (Josephus, Antiquities 19, 5, 1; 20, 7, 1 and 3; Tacitus, hist. 2, 2 and 81; Suetonius, Titus 7): Acts 25:13, 23; Acts 26:30. Cf. Hausrath in Schenkel i., p. 396f; [Farrar, St. Paul, ii. 599f].
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Acts
25:13; 25:23; 26:30

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Strong's Number G959 matches the Greek Βερνίκη (bernikē),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:13 - And G1161 after G1230 certain G5100 days G2250 king G935 Agrippa G67 and G2532 Bernice G959 came G2658 unto G1519 Caesarea G2542 to salute G782 Festus. G5347

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:23 - And on the morrow, G1887 when G3767 Agrippa G67 was come, G2064 and G2532 Bernice, G959 with G3326 great G4183 pomp, G5325 and G2532 was entered G1525 into G1519 the place of hearing, G201 with G4862 G5037 the chief captains, G5506 and G2532 principal G2596 G1851 men G435 of G5607 the city, G4172 at G2532 Festus' G5347 commandment G2753 Paul G3972 was brought forth. G71

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:30 - And G2532 when he G846 had G2036 ➔ thus G5023 spoken, G2036 the king G935 rose up, G450 and G2532 the governor, G2232 and G5037 Bernice, G959 and G2532 they that sat with G4775 them: G846
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