that cuts or divides; a nail; a gryphon; a horseman
(same as Persia)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
PERSIS.A Christian woman saluted in Rom_16:12.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
A Christian woman, saluted and praised by Paul (Rom_16:12) as having "laboured much in the Lord"; compare Priscilla' s ministrations as to Apollos (Act_18:26).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Per'sis. (a Persian woman). A Christian woman at Rome, Rom_16:12, whom St. Paul salutes. (A.D. 55).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
pûr?sis (Περσίς, Persı́s): The name of a female member of the Christian community at Rome, to whom Paul sent greetings (Rom_16:12). Paul designates her ?the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.? The name is not found in inscriptions of the imperial household, but it occurs as the name of a freedwoman (CIL, VI, 23, 959).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Persis
(Περσίς, fem. of Περσικός, Persian, so used by AEschylus, Pers. 151, 281, and often), a female Christian at Rome, whom Paul salutes (Rom_16:12). A.D. 55. The apostle commends her with special affection on account of some work which she had performed with singular diligence (see Origen, ad loc.).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.