heavily populated by Jews was called the Land of Onias in reference to his influence. Onias's father Onias III served as High Priest from 187–175 BCE. High...

presided over by kohanim (priests) of the family of Onias III or Onias IV, for whom the "Land of Onias" is named. Aside from a somewhat uncertain allusion...

portrays Onias III's replacement as part of a Seleucid attack on Judaism. Onias IV II Macc. iii.-iv. II Macc. iv. 7 Ant. xii. 5, § 1 II Macc. iv. 29-39...

Onias may refer to: Any of the Jewish high priests known as Onias (Hebrew: חוֹנִיּוֹ Honio, also Honiyya or Honiyahu) at the time of the Second Temple...

Josephus also ascribes this to Onias III, while dating the project so as to suggest Onias II). It has been suggested that Onias or members of his Zadokite...

Philopator of Egypt (221–204 BCE). Onias III, son of Simon II (?–175 BC), murdered 170 BCE Onias IV, son of Onias III, fled to Egypt and built a Jewish...

tribute to Antiochus than Onias III had been paying to the previous king. Finally, Onias III may have been suspected by Antiochus IV as too friendly to the...

Josephus, Menelaus was the brother of Onias III and Jason, his two predecessors as High Priest, and also bore the name Onias. It is possible that Josephus confused...

Ananias the son of Onias (in Hebrew, Hananiya ben Honiyyahu) was the son of the Jewish high priest, Onias IV, who founded a Jewish Temple at Leontopolis...

conflict, the Maccabees take Beth Zur and Joppa. c. 145 BCE Temple of Onias opened by Onias IV in Egypt as a rival to Temple in Jerusalem. 143 BCE Diodotus Tryphon...