English Dictionary

Lois

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈləʊ.ɪs/

固有名詞

(biblical) The grandmother of Timothy who is mentioned in an epistle to him. / A female given name from Ancient Greek of biblical origin.

日本語の意味

（聖書由来）テモテの祖母として、彼に宛てた書簡で言及される人物。 / 古代ギリシャ起源の聖書的背景を持つ女性の名前。

Lois read the old epistle aloud to the family, her steady voice reminding everyone of the faith she had handed down to Timothy.

聖書に登場するテモテの祖母はその古い書簡を家族に声に出して読み、その落ち着いた声で自分がテモテに受け継いだ信仰を皆に思い起こさせた。

意味（1）

(biblical) The grandmother of Timothy who is mentioned in an epistle to him.

2 Timothy 1: 5: When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

意味（2）

A female given name from Ancient Greek of biblical origin.

Modernity might also lie in a name like Lois - pronounced Loys in Trinidad - which came to the island in the 1940s through Lois Lane, the heroine of the American Superman comic strip.