Topic
Nicanor
7 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Acts 6:5Smith · Nave A servant (Greek: diakonos) of the congregation at Jerusalem
¶ And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
- 1 Maccabees 3:38Smith
Then Lysias chose Ptolemee the son of Dorymenes, Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king’s friends:
- 1 Maccabees 4:1–61Smith
Then took Gorgias five thousand footmen, and a thousand of the best horsemen, and removed out of the camp by night; To the end he might rush in upon the camp of the Jews, and smite them suddenly. And the men of the fortress were his guides. Now when Judas…
- 1 Maccabees 7:26Smith
Then the king sent Nicanor, one of his honourable princes, a man that bare deadly hate unto Israel, with commandment to destroy the people.
- 1 Maccabees 7:49Smith
Moreover they ordained to keep yearly this day, being the thirteenth of Adar.
- 2 Maccabees 8:9Smith
Then forthwith choosing Nicanor the son of Patroclus, one of his special friends, he sent him with no fewer than twenty thousand of all nations under him, to root out the whole generation of the Jews; and with him he joined also Gorgias a captain, who in…
- Acts 6:1–6Easton
And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them,…
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
Conqueror, one of the seven deacons appointed in the apostolic Church (Acts 6:1-6). Nothing further is known of him.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 6 references
- Son of Patroclus, 2 Macc. 8:9, a general who was engaged in the Jewish wars under Antiochus Epiphanes and Demetrius I. 1 Macc. 3:38; 4; 7:26,49. (B.C. 160.)
- One of the first seven deacons. Acts 6:5.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → A servant (Greek: diakonos) of the congregation at Jerusalem Ac 6:5
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.