Persis A female Christian at Rome whom Paul salutes (Rom 16:12). She is spoken of as "beloved," and as having "laboured much in the Lord."
Peruda One whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:55); called also Perida (Neh 7:57). Peter Originally called Simon (= Simeon, i.e., "hearing"), a very common Jewish name in the New Testament.