Dictionaries :: Timon

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Timon:

honouring, one of the seven deacons at Jerusalem (Act 6:5). Nothing further is known of him.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Timon:

honorable; worthy

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Timon:

ti'-mon (Timon): One of "the seven" chosen to relieve the apostles by attending to "the daily ministration" to the poor of the Christian community in Jerusalem (Ac 6:5). The name is Greek, but as Nicolaus is distinguished from the remaining six as a proselyte, Timon and the others were probably Jews by birth.

Nave's Topical Bible

Timon: A Member

Of the committee of seven men who were appointed to supervise the daily ministration,

Act 6:5.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Timon:

one of the seven, commonly called "deacons." (Acts 6:1-6). He was probably a Hellenist. (A.D. 34)