EUNICE ū’ nĭs (Εὐνίκη, G2332, good victory). The daughter of Lois and mother of Timothy (2 Tim 1:5; Acts 16:1). Her husband was a Gentile (Acts 16:1), but she was a Jewess, as was also her mother. Timothy had not been circumcised, undoubtedly because his father was a Gentile, but he was brought up by his mother and his grandmother in the Jewish faith. Paul wrote of Timothy that from a child his mother had taught him to know the holy Scriptures (2 Tim 3:15). She, her mother, and Timothy were prob. converted to Christianity during Paul’s first missionary journey at Lystra, where Paul had been stoned and left for dead. On his second missionary journey, when he returned to Lystra, Paul was so impressed with the fervency of Timothy’s spirit that he decided to take him along. Paul said that Timothy witnessed his persecutions and afflictions at Lystra (2 Tim 3:11). Without doubt the young missionary had a very remarkable mother.