Meaning of the Name Timothy
The Greek name Timotheos means 'honoring God' ('time', honor, plus 'theos', God).
Origin
The name Timothy is of Greek origin.
Who is Timothy in the Bible?
Timothy is a young disciple from Lystra whose faith lived first in his grandmother Lois and mother Eunice. He becomes Paul's closest co-worker; two New Testament letters are addressed to him, and Paul calls him 'my true child in faith'.
The story of Timothy in the Bible
We meet Timothy in the town of Lystra. His mother Eunice was a Jewish believer and his father a Greek; the faith was first alive, as Paul later fondly recalled, in his grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice. Passing through Lystra on his second journey, Paul found that the believers there spoke well of this young disciple and decided to take him along, having him circumcised to ease his ministry among Jews. From then on Timothy became one of Paul's closest co-workers: the apostle sent him as a trusted representative to churches such as Thessalonica and Corinth, and his name stands beside Paul's in the greetings of several letters. Two New Testament letters are addressed directly to him. In them Paul calls him his true child in the faith and urges him to let no one look down on his youth but to set an example in word and conduct. With his sincere faith and proven character, Timothy embodies faith handed down from one generation to the next.
Is Timothy mentioned in the Quran?
The name Timothy does not appear in the Quran; in the Bible he is Paul's young co-worker in the New Testament, and two of its letters are addressed directly to him.
Verses where Timothy appears
- Acts 16:1-3 —
He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek. The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony…
- 1 Timothy 1:2 —
to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
- 2 Timothy 1:5 —
having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.