Nicanor

Nicanor Scripture - Acts 6:5

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:...

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Nicanor in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

One of the seven ordained for ministration of alms. "of honest report, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom," but also preachers of the gospel (Acts 6:1-10; Acts 8:5)....

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Nicanor in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a conqueror; victorious...

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Nicanor in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ni-ka'-nor, ni'-ka-nor (Nikanor): The son of Patroclus and one of the king's "chief friends" (2 Macc 8:9), a Syrian general under Antiochus Epiphanes and Demetrius Soter. After the defeat of Seron by Judas, Epiphanes entrusted his chancellor Lysias with the reduction of Judea (1 Macc 3:34 ff). Nicanor was one of the three generals commissioned...

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Nicanor in Naves Topical Bible

-A servant (Greek: diakonos) of the congregation at Jerusalem Ac 6:5...

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Nicanor in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(conqueror). 1. 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.) 2. One of the first seven deacons. Acts 6:5....

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Nicanor in Easton's Bible Dictionary

conqueror, one of the seven deacons appointed in the apostolic Church (Acts 6:1-6). Nothing further is known of him....

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