How to Pronounce Drusilla
droo-SIL-ul
Drusilla is pronounced droo-SIL-ul (druːˈsɪləl): three syllables, stress on the second.
What does Drusilla mean?
Drusilla means “watered by the dew”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Drusilla?
Third and youngest daughter of Herod Agrippa I. (Acts 12:1-4, 20-23). Felix, the Roman procurator of Judea, induced her to leave her husband, Azizus, the king of Emesa, and become his wife. She was present with Felix when Paul reasoned of “righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come” (Acts 24:24). She and her son perished in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, A.D. 79.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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