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1. Onias: Name of several high priests at the time of the Second Temple. The sequence given them below is based on the statements of Josephus, which are unreliable, since Josephus did not have access to trustworthy sources. Son of the Jaddua ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
2. Onias: ONIAS o-ni'-as (Onias): There were 3 high priests of the name of Onias, and a 4th Onias who did not become a high priest but was known as the builder of the temple of Leontopolis (Josephus, Ant, XIII ... [100%] 1915-01-01
3. Onias Mupumha: Onias Mupumha (born 23 February 1978) is a Zimbabwean sculptor. He is the winner of the 2008 NAMA (National Arts Merit Awards) awarded by Zimbabwe's National Arts Council. (Zimbabwean sculptor) [70%] 2023-12-11 [1978 births] [Living people]...
4. Onias II: Onias II (Hebrew: חוֹנִיּוֹ Ḥōniyyō or Honio or Honiyya ben Shimon; Greek: Onias Simonides) was the son of Simon I. He was still a minor when his father died, so his uncle Eleazar, and whom after, the latter's uncle Manasseh, officiated ... (High Priest of Israel) [70%] 2025-04-15 [3rd-century BCE high priests of Israel] [2nd-century BCE high priests of Israel]...
5. Onias (Ḥoni) Ha-Me'Aggel ("The Circle-Drawer"): Teacher and miracle-worker; lived in the first century B. Tradition declares him to have been a descendant of Moses (Tan. He was an Essene, stood in high repute, and was respected on account of his pious life and his ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [44%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
6. Ananias, Son Of Onias Iv.: On account of the persecutions under Antiochus IV. fled from Jerusalem to Egypt, won the favor of Ptolemy VI., and built there a temple (Josephus, "Ant. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [44%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
7. Menelaus (Known Also As Onias): High priest from 171 to about 161 B. successor of Jason, the brother of Onias III. The sources are divided as to his origin. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [44%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]