Eunice
[yoo-nis] /ˈyu nɪs/
noun
1.
a city in S central Louisiana.
2.
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “good victory.”.
fem. proper name, from Latin, from Greek Eunike, literally “victorious,” from eu “well” (see eu-) + nike “victory” (see Nike).
happily conquering, the mother of Timothy, a believing Jewess, but married to a Greek (Acts 16:1). She trained her son from his childhood in the knowledge of the Scriptures (2 Tim. 3:15). She was distinguished by her “unfeigned faith.”
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