Bible Encyclopedias
Andronicus

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature

Andronicus, 1

Andron´icus, the regent-governor of Antioch in the absence of Antiochus Epiphanes, who, at the instigation of Menelaus, put to death the deposed high-priest Onias; for which deed he was himself ignominiously slain on the return of Antiochus (2 Maccabees 4) B.C. 169.

Andronicus, 2

Andronicus, a Jewish Christian, the kinsman and fellow-prisoner of Paul (Romans 16:7).

 

 

 

 

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Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Andronicus'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​kbe/​a/andronicus.html.