LOIS lō’ ĭs (Λωίς). The grandmother of Timothy, and prob. the mother of Timothy’s mother, Eunice (2 Tim 1:5). The family lived at Lystra (Acts 16:1). She prob. was converted to Christianity during Paul’s first missionary journey (Acts 14). She was a devout Jewess. Paul speaks of the unpretending faith of Timothy, and adds that this faith first dwelt in his grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice.