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Ἰουλία

Ioulía

G2456 noun

SILEX Entry

Definition

A personal name; Julia, a feminine personal name of Latin origin used in the Roman world, referring to a woman likely associated with the imperial Julian family or freedwoman class. In the New Testament, specifically designates a woman member of the early community in Rome. The name itself does not convey specific attributes beyond personal identification in Greek texts.

Semantic Range

proper name for a woman of Roman background, Latin-origin feminine name, refers to an individual named Julia in the New Testament and other contemporaneous writings

Root / Etymology

From Latin Julia, the feminine form of Julius (Ἰούλιος in Greek). Name is of Italic origin and was widely used in Roman society, particularly among the gens Julia.

Historical & Contextual Notes

Ἰουλία appears in the New Testament (Romans 16:15) as a member of the Christ-following community in Rome. The choice of a Latin name, transliterated into Greek, reflects the integration of Roman names in the cosmopolitan setting of early Christianity. In Greek texts, Ἰουλία is a simple transliteration and not a native Greek name, but it appears in various inscriptions and papyri from the Hellenistic and Roman periods, often signaling Roman citizenship, freedwoman status, or familial association with the Julian (Iulian) house. The English translation 'Julia' directly follows the Latin and Roman imperial usage; the word itself carries no added ethnic, geographic, or religious meaning beyond being a woman's name. The presence of Latin names among Judeans and Israelites in diaspora contexts was increasingly common in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, especially among those with ties to Roman society or citizenship.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

feminine of the same as Ἰούλιος; Julia, a Christian woman:--Julia.

Root Family

Ἰουλ- (Ioulía) — personal name, designation of a woman

Root Ἰουλ- personal name, designation of a woman
Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
G2457 Ἰούλιος to Julius

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
G2456-01 Ἰουλίαν ioulian N ACC F SG Julia Julia Ioulia 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
G2456-01 Romans 16:15 Ἰουλίαν ioulian N ACC F SG Julia Julia Ioulia
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