THEODOTUS.1. One of the messengers sent by Nicanor to Judas Maccabæus (2Ma_14:19). 2. The author of a plot to assassinate king Ptolemy Philopator, which was frustrated by Dositheus (3Ma_1:2).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
thḗ-od?ṓ-tus (Θεόφιλος, Theódotos):
(1) One of the three ambassadors sent by the Syrian general Nicanor to Judas to make peace (2 Macc 14:19).
(2) One who plotted to assassinate Ptolemy Philopator, but was prevented by a Jew, Dositheos (3 Macc 1:2 f).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
(θεόδοτος, God-given = Johanan ), one of the, three messengers sent by Nicanor to Judas Maccabseus to negotiate peace (2Ma_14:19). B.C. cir. 162.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.