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DOSITHEUS.—1. The priest who, according to a note in one of the Greek recensions of Esther, brought the book to Alexandria in the 4th year of Ptolemy Philometor (?) and Cleopatra, c [Note: circa, about.] . b.c. 178 (Ad. Est 11:1). 2. A soldier of Judas Maccabæus, who made a vain attempt to take Gorgias prisoner (2Ma_12:35). 3. A renegade Jew who frustrated the plot of Theodotus to assassinate king Ptolemy Philopator (3Ma_1:3). 4. An officer of Judas Maccabæus (2Ma_12:19; 2Ma_12:24).