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You can add the usage of "Biblical Greek" to this name, for the name appears several times in the Septuagint (Greek Old Testament)... namely in the Book of Esther and the deuterocanonical book of 2 Maccabees.
Sources used:
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https://biblehub.com/topical/d/dositheus.htm
(in English; mentions Dositheos)
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http://greekdoc.com/bible/names/do.html
#δοσ (in English)
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Δοσίθεος#Declension
(in English)
- 10:3l of Esther in the Septuagint:
•
https://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/septuagint/chapter.asp?book=20&page=10
(in English and Greek)
•
https://en.katabiblon.com/us/index.php?text=LXX&book=Est&ch=10
(in Greek)
- 12:19 and 12:24 and 12:35 of Maccabees II in the Septuagint:
•
https://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/septuagint/chapter.asp?book=22&page=12
(in English and Greek)
•
https://en.katabiblon.com/us/index.php?text=LXX&book=2Mc&ch=12
(in Greek)
―
Lucille
3/22/2023
1
This name is Dosithée in French.
―
Eva Marie
1/24/2023
1
Pronounced as /doˈsi.tʰɛ.os/ (?)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%94%CE%BF%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B8%CE%B5%CE%BF%CF%82
―
Jenkowelten
3/7/2022
1
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Sources used:
- https://biblehub.com/topical/d/dositheus.htm (in English; mentions Dositheos)
- http://greekdoc.com/bible/names/do.html#δοσ (in English)
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Δοσίθεος#Declension (in English)
- 10:3l of Esther in the Septuagint:
• https://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/septuagint/chapter.asp?book=20&page=10 (in English and Greek)
• https://en.katabiblon.com/us/index.php?text=LXX&book=Est&ch=10 (in Greek)
- 12:19 and 12:24 and 12:35 of Maccabees II in the Septuagint:
• https://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/septuagint/chapter.asp?book=22&page=12 (in English and Greek)
• https://en.katabiblon.com/us/index.php?text=LXX&book=2Mc&ch=12 (in Greek)