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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50520" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50520" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> DOSITHEUS </strong> . <strong> 1. </strong> The priest who, according to a note in one of the [[Greek]] recensions of Esther, brought the book to [[Alexandria]] in the 4th year of [[Ptolemy]] [[Philometor]] (?) and Cleopatra, <em> c </em> <em> [Note: circa, about.] </em> <em> . </em> b.c. 178 (Ad. | <p> <strong> DOSITHEUS </strong> . <strong> 1. </strong> The priest who, according to a note in one of the [[Greek]] recensions of Esther, brought the book to [[Alexandria]] in the 4th year of [[Ptolemy]] [[Philometor]] (?) and Cleopatra, <em> c </em> <em> [Note: circa, about.] </em> <em> . </em> b.c. 178 (Ad. Est 11:1). <strong> 2. </strong> A soldier of [[Judas]] Maccabæus, who made a vain attempt to take [[Gorgias]] prisoner ( 2Ma 12:35 ). <strong> 3. </strong> A renegade [[Jew]] who frustrated the plot of [[Theodotus]] to assassinate king Ptolemy Philopator ( 3M Malachi 1:3 ). <strong> 4. </strong> An officer of Judas Maccabæus ( 2Ma 12:19; 2Ma 12:24 ). </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72221" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72221" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3131" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3131" /> == | ||
<p> '''''dō̇''''' -'''''sith´ē̇''''' -'''''us''''' ( Δοσίθεος , <i> '''''Dosı́theos''''' </i> ): </p> <p> (1) A captain of [[Judas]] Maccabeus (2 Macc 12:19-25); along with [[Sosipater]] he captured [[Timotheus]] after the battle of Carnion, but granted him his life and freedom on the representation that "he had in his power the parents of many of them and the brethren of some," who, if they put him to death, should "be disregarded." </p> <p> (2) A soldier in the army of Judas Maccabeus (2 Macc 12:35); he made a special attack upon Gorgias, governor of Idumaea, the opposing general, and would have taken the "accursed man" prisoner but for the interference of a | <p> '''''dō̇''''' -'''''sith´ē̇''''' -'''''us''''' ( Δοσίθεος , <i> '''''Dosı́theos''''' </i> ): </p> <p> (1) A captain of [[Judas]] Maccabeus (2 Macc 12:19-25); along with [[Sosipater]] he captured [[Timotheus]] after the battle of Carnion, but granted him his life and freedom on the representation that "he had in his power the parents of many of them and the brethren of some," who, if they put him to death, should "be disregarded." </p> <p> (2) A soldier in the army of Judas Maccabeus (2 Macc 12:35); he made a special attack upon Gorgias, governor of Idumaea, the opposing general, and would have taken the "accursed man" prisoner but for the interference of a Thracian horseman. </p> <p> (3) A [[J]] ew, son of Drimylus (3 Macc 1:3) who rescued [[Ptolemy]] Philopator from a plot of Theodotus. He afterward proved an apostate from Judaism. </p> <p> (4) A L evite priest who "in the 4th year of the reign of Ptolemy and Cleopatra" carried the translation of the [[Book]] of Esther to [[Alexandria]] (Additions to Esther 11:1). </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_37922" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_37922" /> == | ||
