Tryphaena and Tryphosa

(Τρυφαιναν κα Τρυφωσαν). Probably sisters and possibly twins. Both names come from the same root, the verb τρυφαω, to live luxuriously (James 5:5). Denney suggests "Dainty and Disdain."Persis

(Περσιδα). A freedwoman was so named. She is not Paul's "beloved," but the "beloved" of the whole church.

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Old Testament