Menestheus
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).
