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( Óùóßðáôñïò , saver of his father, common Greek name), the name of two men in the Apocrypha and New Test.
1. A general of Judas Maccabeus who, in conjunction with Dositheus, defeated Timotheus and took him prisoner (2Ma_12:19-24). B.C. cir. 164.
2. A kinsman or fellow tribesman of Paul, mentioned as being with him in the salutations at the end of the Epistle to the Romans (Rom_16:21). A.D. 54. He is probably the same person as SOPATER SEE SOPATER (q.v.) of Beroea (Act_20:4).