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ANDRONICUS

(Gk. Andrónikos)

1. A deputy under Antiochus IV Epiphanes (2 Macc. 4:31-38). According to 2 Maccabees he was bribed by Menelaus and subsequently encouraged to murder Onias in retaliation for exposing the crime; for this Antiochus ordered his execution. Other sources indicate Antiochus IV had him killed to cover up Andronicus’ murder of Seleucus IV’s son Antiochus (Diodorus Siculus Hist. 30.7.2-3).

2. Commander of the garrison at Gerizim under Antiochus IV Epiphanes (2 Macc. 5:23; cf. v. 22, “governor”).

3. A Jewish Christian, perhaps originally from the Jewish community at Tarsus, and fellow prisoner with Paul. Of those to whom the apostle sends his greetings, Andronicus and Junias are called “prominent among the apostles” (Rom. 16:7).






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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