| Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia PROCHORUS prok'-o-rus (Prochoros): 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. | Multi-Version Concordance Prochorus (1 Occurrence) Acts 6:5 These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch; (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS) |