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NICANOR.—1. Son of Patroclus, a Syrian general who was engaged in the Jewish wars (1Ma_3:38). He was sent by Lysias in b.c. 166 against Judas Maccabæus, but was defeated. Five years later he was sent on the same errand by Demetrius; this time he endeavoured to win by strategy what he had failed to gain by force. Again he was compelled to fight, and was twice defeated, once at Capharsalama (1Ma_7:26-32) and again at Adasa, where he lost his life. The day of his death was ordained to be kept as a festival as ‘Nicanor’s Day. ‘The account in 2 Mac (esp. 2Ma_14:12-30) differs in several details. 2. One of the ‘Seven’ (Act_6:5).
T. A. Moxon.