Difference between revisions of "Crates"
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50304" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50304" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Crates]] </strong> . | <p> <strong> [[Crates]] </strong> . A deputy left in charge of the citadel at [[Jerusalem]] (Acra) when the regular governor, Sostratus, was summoned to [[Antioch]] by [[Antiochus]] Epiphanes, in consequence of a dispute with the high priest [[Menelaus]] ( 2Ma 4:29 ). Crates was ‘over the Cyprians’: probably he was sent to [[Cyprus]] shortly afterwards, when, in b.c. 168, Antiochus obtained possession of the island. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_35183" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_35183" /> == | ||
<p> (Κράτης; Vulg. translates '' | <p> (Κράτης; Vulg. translates ''Praelatus'' est), governor of the [[Cyprians]] (ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν Κ .), who was left in charge of the "castle" (τῆς ἀκροπόλεως ) of Jerusalem (?) during the absence of Sostratus, in the reign of Antiochus [[Epiphanes]] ( 2 [[Maccabees]] 4:29). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2582" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2582" /> == | ||
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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_71544" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_71544" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A Greek cynic philosopher, disciple of Diogenes; 4th century B.C. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Revision as of 11:08, 13 October 2021
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Crates . A deputy left in charge of the citadel at Jerusalem (Acra) when the regular governor, Sostratus, was summoned to Antioch by Antiochus Epiphanes, in consequence of a dispute with the high priest Menelaus ( 2Ma 4:29 ). Crates was ‘over the Cyprians’: probably he was sent to Cyprus shortly afterwards, when, in b.c. 168, Antiochus obtained possession of the island.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(Κράτης; Vulg. translates Praelatus est), governor of the Cyprians (ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν Κ .), who was left in charge of the "castle" (τῆς ἀκροπόλεως ) of Jerusalem (?) during the absence of Sostratus, in the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes ( 2 Maccabees 4:29).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
krā´tēz Κράτης Krátēs Latin Bible
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [4]
A Greek cynic philosopher, disciple of Diogenes; 4th century B.C.
