The mother of Timothy and daughter of Lois; she was a Jewess though her husband was a Greek, Acts 16:1 2 Timothy 1:5 . She transmitted to her son the lessons of truth she herself had received from a pious mother; and Paul, on his arrival at Lystra, found them rooted and grounded in the truth as it is in Christ.
Although written in 1859 by William Rand, this dictionary of the Bible from the American Tract Society is still relevant today.Wikipedia
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