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Onias
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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(Hebrew: strength of the Lord)
Name of four Jewish High Priests of the 3and 2centuries B.C. Three are mentioned in the Bible:
- Onias I (321-310), mentioned in 1Machabees 12, as having received a friendly letter from Arius, the Spartan ruler, who claimed kinship and suggested an alliance.
- Onias III (199-175); in 2Machabees the beginnings of his pontificate are highly praised (2Machabees 3). During his rule Heliodorus made his ill-fatedexpedition to Jerusalem to seize the alleged treasures of the Temple.
- Onias IV was too young to succeed his father in the priesthood which fell into unworthy hands. He fled into Egypt where he built, near Heliopolis, a new temple for the use of the many Jews in Egypt (160 B.C.).
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Entry for 'Onias'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/o/onias.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Onias'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/o/onias.html. 1910.
