The second-in-command of the Seleucid king Antiochus Epiphanes. This Andronicus angered the Jews by murdering Onias, the high priest. Then Antiochus gave the order for Andronicus to be put to death (2 Maccabees 4:31–38).
The officer in charge of Gerizim after Antiochus Epiphanes destroyed Jerusalem (2 Maccabees 5:21–23).
A Christian greeted by the apostle Paul in his letter to the Romans (16:7). He is not mentioned elsewhere. Paul called Andronicus his kinsman. The word could mean fellow countryman, fellow Jew, member of Paul’s own family, or other relative. Andronicus may also have been a fellow prisoner for the cause of Christ. He could have perhaps even been in the same prison with Paul (2 Corinthians 6:4–5; 11:23). Paul described him as important among the apostles and recognized him respectfully as an “older” Christian.
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Andronicus
This term has multiple meanings in the Bible:
From Tyndale Bible Dictionary, adapted by Mission Mutual. CC BY-SA 4.0.