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