Bible Names

Bernice: meaning of the name

Bernice means “one that brings victory.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)girl name

Bernice in Hebrew and Greek

Βερνίκη G959

Berníkē — victorious; Bernice, a member of the Herodian family

from a provincial form of G5342 (φέρω) and G3529 (νίκη);

Who named Bernice in the Bible

Bernice in Scripture

“Bernice” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • Acts 25:13

    And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Cesarea to salute Festus.

  • Acts 25:23

    And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus’ commandment Paul was brought forth.

  • Acts 26:30

    And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them: