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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Tryphosa (Woman living at the time of the New Testament)

Paul greets her at Rome with Tryphena, two women who worked hard in the Lord. The paired names may mean they were sisters. Nothing more is known of her.

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Paul greets her at Rome with Tryphena, two women who worked hard in the Lord. The paired names may mean they were sisters. Nothing more is known of her.

Who this is

Tryphosa was a Christian woman in Rome whom Paul greets alongside Tryphena in Romans 16:12, commending both as women who work hard in the Lord. Their similar names suggest they may have been sisters, since such paired names occur among household members and freedwomen in Roman inscriptions of the period. Nothing further is known of her.

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The word

G5173

Where it appears
  • Romans 16:12

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