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NICANOR

(Gk. Nikánōr)

1. One of four commanders whom Lysias sent against Judas Maccabeus (1 Macc. 3:38; 2 Macc. 8). Although 1 Maccabees suggests that Gorgias led this campaign (1 Macc 4:1), 2 Maccabees depicts Nicanor as the prominent figure. According to 2 Macc. 8 he sold captured Jews from the campaign as slaves in order to pay tribute to Rome (190 b.c.e.). Judas attacked Nicanor’s forces at Emmaus and defeated them. During Demetrius I’s rule (162-150), Nicanor led another attack on the Jews. On this occasion, he planned to lure Judas into a meeting with him where he could kill Judas. Learning of the plot, Judas spoiled Nicanor’s plan. The two engaged in battle at Caphar-salama, where Judas won. He and Judas had one last battle at Adasa in which Syria lost and Nicanor died (1 Macc. 7:26-50; 2 Macc 14:12–15:36).

2. One of the seven men chosen to oversee the food distribution to the Hellenists’ widows in the Jerusalem church after the Hellenists complained that they were being neglected (Acts 6:5).

Rodney A. Werline

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NICANOR

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)