Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024
the Fourth Week after Easter
the Fourth Week after Easter
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Dictionaries
Gorgias
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
GORGIAS . A general of Antiochus Epiphanes, who is described as ‘a mighty man of the king’s friends’ ( 1Ma 3:38 ), and a captain who ‘had experience in matters of war’ ( 2Ma 8:9 ). When Antiochus set out on his Parthian campaign (b.c. 166 or 165), his chancellor, Lysias, who was charged with the suppression of the revolt in Pal., despatched a large army to Judæa, under the command of Ptolemy, Nicanor, and Gorgias. The fortunes of the war are described in 1Ma 3:40; 1Ma 4:25 , 1Ma 5:16 ff., 1Ma 5:55 ff., 2Ma 8:12-29; 2Ma 10:14 ff; 2Ma 12:32 ff.; Jos. [Note: Josephus.] Ant. XII. vii. 4, viii. 6.
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
Bibliography Information
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Gorgias'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/g/gorgias.html. 1909.
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Gorgias'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/g/gorgias.html. 1909.
