Prochorus (ISBE)

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prok´ṓ - rus ( Πρόχορος , Próchoros ) : One of "the seven" chosen by the Christian community in Jerusalem to superintend the dispensing of charity to the widows and other poor ( Acts 6:5 ). The name is Greek, and he may have been a Hellenist. According to tradition he became bishop of Nicomedia and died a martyr at Antioch.

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• part_of source-manifest/isbe — ISBE (PD)