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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52526" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52526" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> MENESTHEUS. </strong> The father of [[Apollonius]] ( 2Ma 4:21 ). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_5997" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_5997" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' mḗ ''''' - ''''' nes´thūs ''''' , ''''' mḗ ''''' - ''''' nes´thḗ ''''' - ''''' us ''''' ( Μενεσθεύς , <i> ''''' Menestheús ''''' </i> Codex Alexandrinus, Μενεσθεσέως , <i> ''''' Menestheséōs ''''' </i> ): The father of Apollonius, a general of [[Epiphanes]] ( 2 [[Maccabees]] 4:21 and in 2 Maccabees 4:4 the Revised Version (British and American), following a conjecture of Hort Μενεσθέως , <i> ''''' Menesthéōs ''''' </i> for μαίνεσθαι ἔως , <i> ''''' maı́nesthai ''''' </i> <i> ''''' héōs ''''' </i> the latter is retained in Swete and Fritzache). "Son of Menestheus" is added to distinguish this Apollonius from "Apollonius, Son of Thrasaeus" ( 2 Maccabees 3:5 ) and "Apollonius, Son of Gennaeus" ( 2 Maccabees 12:2 ). See | <p> ''''' mḗ ''''' - ''''' nes´thūs ''''' , ''''' mḗ ''''' - ''''' nes´thḗ ''''' - ''''' us ''''' ( Μενεσθεύς , <i> ''''' Menestheús ''''' </i> Codex Alexandrinus, Μενεσθεσέως , <i> ''''' Menestheséōs ''''' </i> ): The father of Apollonius, a general of [[Epiphanes]] ( 2 [[Maccabees]] 4:21 and in 2 Maccabees 4:4 the Revised Version (British and American), following a conjecture of Hort Μενεσθέως , <i> ''''' Menesthéōs ''''' </i> for μαίνεσθαι ἔως , <i> ''''' maı́nesthai ''''' </i> <i> ''''' héōs ''''' </i> the latter is retained in Swete and Fritzache). "Son of Menestheus" is added to distinguish this Apollonius from "Apollonius, Son of Thrasaeus" ( 2 Maccabees 3:5 ) and "Apollonius, Son of Gennaeus" ( 2 Maccabees 12:2 ). See Apollonius . </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_50550" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_50550" /> == | ||
Revision as of 10:12, 13 October 2021
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
MENESTHEUS. The father of Apollonius ( 2Ma 4:21 ).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
mḗ - nes´thūs , mḗ - nes´thḗ - us ( Μενεσθεύς , Menestheús Codex Alexandrinus, Μενεσθεσέως , Menestheséōs ): The father of Apollonius, a general of Epiphanes ( 2 Maccabees 4:21 and in 2 Maccabees 4:4 the Revised Version (British and American), following a conjecture of Hort Μενεσθέως , Menesthéōs for μαίνεσθαι ἔως , maı́nesthai héōs the latter is retained in Swete and Fritzache). "Son of Menestheus" is added to distinguish this Apollonius from "Apollonius, Son of Thrasaeus" ( 2 Maccabees 3:5 ) and "Apollonius, Son of Gennaeus" ( 2 Maccabees 12:2 ). See Apollonius .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(Μενεσθεύς v. r. Μενέσθεσις, Vulg. Mnestheus ), the father of Apollonius (q.v.), the ambassador of Antiochus Epiphanes to Ptolemy Philometor ( 2 Maccabees 4:21).
