Πρίσκα

Πρίσκα (Πρῖσκα? s. B-D-F §41, 3; cp. Mlt-H. 155) and its dim. Πρίσκιλλα, ης, ἡ (Preisigke, Namenbuch. A priestess of Zeus named Πρίσκιλλα is mentioned in an honorary ins fr. the city of Olbasa: Ramsay, Phrygia I p. 309 no. 122) Prisca, Priscilla, tentmaker (s. Ἀκύλας and the lit. there), named before her husband in the majority of cases (Harnack [s.v. ʼΑκ.] concludes fr. this that she was a more important pers. than her husband and that she may have played the major part in the writing of Hb: ZNW 1, 1900, 16ff.—In Ramsay, op. cit. p. 637 no. 530 [70–80 A.D.] Julia Severa is named before her husband Tyrronius Rapon, prob. because she was of higher rank) Ac 18:2, 18, 26. The forementioned passages have the name Πρίσκιλλα (likew. Ro 16:3 v.l.; 1 Cor 16:19 v.l.), but Πρίσκα is the predominant form in the Pauline letters Ro 16:3; 1 Cor 16:19; 2 Ti 4:19.—IReimer, Women in the Acts of the Apostles ’95. M-M.