Bearer of victory, the eldest daughter of Agrippa I., the Herod Agrippa of Acts 12:20. After the early death of her first husband she was married to her uncle Herod, king of Chalcis. After his death (A.D. 40) she lived in incestuous connection with her brother Agrippa II. (Acts 25:13, 23; 26:30). They joined the Romans at the outbreak of the final war between them and the Jews, and lived afterwards at Rome.
Person
Bernice
- Name means
- one that brings victory
- Mentioned
- 3 verses · first in Acts 25:13
About Bernice
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
On the timeline
- AD 56Agrippa and Bernice meet FestusActs 25:13–21
- AD 56Paul goes before AgrippaActs 25:22–27
Every mention
People data: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0). Dates are traditional estimates.