Timotheus:
(1.) A "captain of the Ammonites," (1 Maccabees 5:6) who was defeated on several occasions by Judas Maccabaeus, B.C. 164 (1 Maccabees 5:6, 11, 34-44). He was probably a Greek adventurer.
(2.) In 2 Maccabees a leader named Timotheus is mentioned as having taken part in the invasion of Nicanor, B.C. 166 (2 Maccabees 8:30; 9:3).
(3.) The Greek name of Timothy (Acts 16:1; 17:14 etc.). SEE [TIMOTHY].
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