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Xanthicus
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(Ξανθικός ), the name of the sixth month among the Seleucid Syrians (2 Maccabees 11:30; 2 Maccabees 11:33; 2 Maccabees 11:38 [2 Maccabees 12:1]), i.e., in the Macedonian calendar (Ideler, Handb. d. Chronol. 1:392 sq.). Josephus makes it parallel with the Jewish Nisan (Ant. 1:3, 3; 3:10, 5; comp. War, 5:3, 1). (See MONTH).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Xanthicus'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/x/xanthicus.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Xanthicus'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/x/xanthicus.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
