Nicolas

2 verses

Acts

And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

Acts 6:6

Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

The victory of the people, a proselyte of Antioch, one of the seven deacons (Acts 6:5).

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(victor of the people), (Acts 6:5) a native of Antioch and a proselyte to the Jewish faith. When the church was still confined to Jerusalem, he became a convert and being a man of honest report full of the Holy Ghost and of wisdom, he was chosen by the whole multitude of the disciples to be one of the first seven deacons, and was ordained by the apostles. There is no reason except the simplicity of name for identifying Nicolas with the sect of Nicolaitans which our Lord denounces, for the traditions on the subject are of no value.