Topic
Timotheus
11 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.
- 1 Maccabees 5:6Smith · ISBE
Afterward he passed over to the children of Ammon, where he found a mighty power, and much people, with Timotheus their captain.
- 2 Maccabees 8:30Smith · ISBE
Moreover of those that were with Timotheus and Bacchides, who fought against them, they slew above twenty thousand, and very easily got high and strong holds, and divided among themselves many spoils more, and made the maimed, orphans, widows, yea, and the…
- 2 Maccabees 9:3Smith · ISBE
Now when he came to Ecbatane, news was brought him what had happened unto Nicanor and Timotheus.
- Acts 16:1Easton · Smith
Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
- 1 Maccabees 5:11Smith
And they are preparing to come and take the fortress whereunto we are fled, Timotheus being captain of their host.
- 1 Maccabees 5:34–44Smith
Then the host of Timotheus, knowing that it was Maccabeus, fled from him: wherefore he smote them with a great slaughter; so that there were killed of them that day about eight thousand men. This done, Judas turned aside to Maspha; and after he had…
- 1 Maccabees 5:34ISBE
Then the host of Timotheus, knowing that it was Maccabeus, fled from him: wherefore he smote them with a great slaughter; so that there were killed of them that day about eight thousand men.
- 2 Maccabees 10:24ISBE
Now Timotheus, whom the Jews had overcome before, when he had gathered a great multitude of foreign forces, and horses out of Asia not a few, came as though he would take Jewry by force of arms.
- 2 Maccabees 10:37ISBE
And killed Timotheus, that was hid in a certain pit, and Chereas his brother, with Apollophanes.
- 2 Maccabees 12:2ISBE
But of the governours of several places, Timotheus, and Apollonius the son of Genneus, also Hieronymus, and Demophon, and beside them Nicanor the governor of Cyprus, would not suffer them to be quiet and live in peace.
- Acts 17:14Smith
And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
The Greek form of the name of Timothy (Acts 16:1, etc.; the R.V. always “Timothy”).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 8 references
- A "captain of the Ammonites," 1 Macc. 5:6 who was defeated on several occasions by Judas Maccabaeus, B.C. 164. 1 Macc. 5:6,11,34-44. He was probably a Greek adventurer.
- In 2 Macc. a leader named Timetheus is mentioned as having taken part in the invasion of Nicanor, B.C. 166. 2 Macc. 8:30; 9:3.
- The Greek name of Timothy. (Acts 16:1; 17:14) etc.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 9 references
ti-mo'-the-us (Timotheos):
(1) A leader of the children of Ammon who was on several occasions severely defeated by Judas Maccabeus (1 Macc 5:6 ff,34 ff; 2 Macc 8:30; 9:3; 10:24; 19:2,18 ff) in 165-163 BC. According to 2 Macc 10:37, he was slain at Gazara after having hidden in a cistern. But in 2 Macc 12:2 he is again at liberty as an opponent of the Jews, and in 12:24 f he falls into the hands of Dositheus and Sosipater, but by representing that many Jewish captives were at his mercy and likely to suffer if he were put to death, he is again released. These discrepancies are so great--though not unusual in 2 Maccabees--that some suppose another Timotheus is referred to in 12:2 ff. He is most probably the same person, the careless author of 2 Maccabees making a slip in saying Timotheus was killed at Gazara. He probably escaped by hiding in the cistern. The Greek name for an Ammonite leader is striking:
(a) he may have been a genuine Ammonite with a Greek name, or
(b) a Syro-Macedonian officer placed by Syrian authority over the Ammonites, or
(c) a Greek soldier of fortune invited by the Ammonites to be their commander.
(2) See next article.
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Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.