Dictionaries :: Nicolas

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Nicolas:

the victory of the people, a proselyte of Antioch, one of the seven deacons (Act 6:5).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Nicolas:

same as Nicodemus

Nave's Topical Bible

Nicolas: A Proselyte of Antioch

And deacon of the church at Jerusalem,

Act 6:5, 6.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Nicolas:

(victor of the people) (Acts 6:5) a native of Antioch and a proselyte to the Jewish faith. When the church was still confined to Jerusalem, he became a convert and being a man of honest report full of the Holy Ghost and of wisdom, he was chosen by the whole multitude of the disciples to be one of the first seven deacons, and was ordained by the apostles. There is no reason except the simplicity of name for identifying Nicolas with the sect of Nicolaitans which our Lord denounces, for the traditions on the subject are of no value.