Conqueror, one of the seven deacons appointed in the apostolic Church (Acts 6:1-6). Nothing further is known of him.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Concept
Nicanor
Name meaning: a conqueror; victorious (Hitchcock)
Hebrew & Greek words with this meaning
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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(conqueror).
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.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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