φῆλιξ G5344
Felix; the Roman procurator of Judea before whom the apostle Paul was tried (ca. AD 52-59).
Felix is the Latin cognomen (meaning 'happy, fortunate') of Antonius Felix, the Roman procurator of Judea who presided over Paul's trial in Caesarea. All nine NT occurrences fall within Acts 23-25, where Felix receives Paul from the tribune Claudius Lysias (Acts 23:24, 26), hears the case brought by Tertullus (Acts 24:3), converses privately with Paul about righteousness and self-control (Acts 24:24-25), and ultimately leaves Paul imprisoned as a favor to the Jewish leaders (Acts 24:27). The name is consistently transliterated across languages (spa Phēlix, fra Felix, deu Felix).
Senses
1. sense 1 — The proper name Felix, identifying the Roman procurator of Judea (Antonius Felix) who governed during Paul's imprisonment at Caesarea. The Latin name means 'happy' or 'fortunate.' Luke's narrative presents him as politically calculating: he keeps Paul in custody for two years hoping for a bribe, and leaves him bound to curry favor with the Jews (Acts 24:26-27). All nine occurrences cluster in Acts 23:24-25:14. The multilingual glosses (spa Phēlix, fra Felix, deu Felix, eng Phēlix) uniformly treat this as a proper noun requiring only transliteration. 9×
AR["فِيلِكْسَ","فِيلِكْسُ"]·ben["ফীলিক্স","ফীলিক্সকে","ফীলিক্সের"]·DE["Felix"]·EN["Phēlix"]·FR["Félix"]·heb["פֵלִיקְס"]·HI["फेलिक्स","फेलिक्सके","फेलिक्सको","फेलिक्सने"]·ID["Fēlix","Fēlix,"]·IT["Felice"]·jav["Feliks","Feliks,","Féliks"]·KO["벨릭스","벨릭스가","벨릭스에게","벨릭스여"]·PT["Félix"]·RU["Феликс","Феликсом","Феликсу"]·ES["Phḗlix"]·SW["Feliki"]·TR["Feliks","Feliks'in"]·urd["فیلکس","فیلکس-نے","فیلکس-کو"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
φῆλιξ (L, Φή-), -ικος, ὁ Felix, procurator of Judæa: Act.23:24, 26 24:3, 22 24:24-25, 27 25:14.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)