Tychicus - American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

A disciple employed by the apostle Paul to carry his letters to several churches. He was of the province of Asia, and accompanied Paul in his journey from Corinth to Jerusalem, . He carried the epistle to the Colossians, that to the Ephesians, and the first to Timothy. The apostle calls him the Lord, and his companion in the service of God, ,22 ,8 , and had intentions of sending him into Crete, in the absence of Titus, .\par

Tychicus - Apostolic Church, Dictionary - James Hastings

(Τυχικός, ‘fortunate’)

Tychicus was an Ephesian Christian who journeyed with St. Paul from Macedonia to Asia and preceded him to Troas (). Thence he accompanied him to Jerusalem on the Apostle’s last visit there, acting along with Trophimus as a delegate of the church of Ephesus and conveying the offerings of the church to the poor brethren at Jerusalem. He was a companion of the Apostle during his first captivity, and was sent to Ephesus from Rome probably with the Epistle to the Ephesians. He is described by St. Paul as a ‘beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord,’ and he is entrusted with the duty of telling the Ephesians of the writer’s welfare and of comforting their hearts (). In the same way in the Epistle to the Colossians () he is described as ‘a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-servant,’ and the same duty is committed to him of telling the Colossians of the Apostle’s condition and comforting their hearts. In the writer tells Timothy that he has sent Tychicus to Ephesus, from which we may conclude that he was with the Apostle in his second captivity in Rome. The same conclusion is borne out by the reference in , where the writer purposes to send either Artemas or Tychicus to Titus in Crete with the injunction that Titus should meet the Apostle at Nicopolis. It is possible that the reference in to ‘the brother whose praise in the gospel is spread through all the churches,’ and who was deputed along with Titus and another unnamed Christian to carry the Second Epistle to the Corinthians from Ephesus to Corinth, may be Tychicus, and the other unnamed deputy may be Trophimus. This, however, is little more than conjecture, although from we may gather that these two Ephesians were known to the church in Corinth, and that the two deputies referred to in were also well known to those addressed.

A late tradition makes Tychicus bishop of Chalcedon in Bithynia. The Greek Menologion (9 Dec.) reports that he was bishop of Colophon after Sosthenes, and suffered martyrdom for the faith.

W. F. Boyd.

Tychicus - Faussets Bible Dictionary

Act 20:4. Paul's companion and fellow labourer in the gospel (Act 20:4); accompanied him in part on his return journey from the third missionary circuit; *of Asia.* Trophimus went forward with Paul to Jerusalem (Act 21:29), but Tychicus stayed behind in Asia, perhaps at Miletus (Act 20:15; Act 20:38). With Paul again in his first Roman imprisonment: Col 4:7-8, *a (Greek the, the article marks that Tychicus was well known to them) beloved (in relation to the Christian community) brother and a faithful minister (in missionary services) and fellow servant in the Lord (in serving the same Master).*

Paul marks his high sense of the faithful and sympathetic character of Tychicus by his commission: *whom I have sent ... that he might know your estate (rather as the Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, and Alexandrinus manuscripts 'that YE may know OUR state,' compare Col 4:7; Eph 6:22) and comfort your hearts,* distressed by my imprisonment as well as by your own trials. Tychicus, being an Asiatic himself, fitly carried both the epistles to the Asiatic Ephesians and Colossians, and Philemon; but was not a Colossian as Onesimus, for of the latter alone Paul says *who is one of you* (Col 4:9). If the epistle to the Ephesians be a circular letter Tychicus (the only person alluded to throughout the epistle) would be a fit person to see it read.

In Tit 3:12 Paul proposes to send Artonus or Tychicus (from Corinth or else Ephesus, where Tychicus was with Paul) to take Titus' place (which his past services to Paul in the neighbouring Asia qualified him for) at Crete, and so to set Titus free to join Paul at Nicopolis. In 2Ti 4:12, in his second Roman imprisonment, Paul says *Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus,* implying *I need one profitable for the ministry; I had one in Tychicus, but he is gone* (Ellicott). Others make Paul send Tychicus (*I am herewith sending Tychicus to Ephesus*) to take Timothy's place there as president of the church. Tradition made Tychicus subsequently bishop of Chalcedon. Some make Tychicus the first *brother* in 2Co 8:16-24, and Trophimus the other. Luke seems more probably the former, as *his praise in the Gospel* as Paul's companion was *throughout all the churches.* If Tychicus be meant, remarkable integrity will be among his prominent graces.

Tychicus - Fleming, Don - Bridgeway Bible Dictionary

Among the church representatives who went with Paul to present a gift to the Jerusalem church were two men from the province of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus (Act 20:4; Act 21:29). When Paul was later imprisoned for two years in Rome, Tychicus spent some time with him. Paul then sent him as his special representative to the churches of Ephesus and Colossae, to tell the Christians how he was faring in Rome. Tychicus probably also carried Paul’s letters to the Ephesians and the Colossians (Eph 6:21-22; Col 4:7-8).

Tychicus continued to work with Paul after Paul’s release from imprisonment. Paul considered sending him to relieve Titus in Crete (Tit 3:12), and later he sent him to relieve Timothy in Ephesus (2Ti 4:12).

Tychicus - Hawker Poor Man Commentary Dictionary

A friend and companion of Paul. (Ephes. vi. 21.)

Tychicus - Hitchcocks New and Complete Dictionary of the Holy Bible

casual; by chance

Tychicus - Kitto, John - Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature

Tych´icus is the name of an assistant and companion of the Apostle Paul. He accompanied Paul on his third missionary journey (), and was, at a later period, the bearer of Paul's letter from Rome to the Colossians. Paul styled him a beloved brother, faithful minister, and fellow-servant in the Lord, who should declare all his state unto the Colossians, to whom he was sent that he might know their estate and comfort their hearts (-8). For a similar purpose Tychicus was sent to the Ephesians also (-22; ), and employed in various missionary journeys (). According to tradition, Tychicus was made bishop of Chalcedon.

Tychicus - New Testament people and place dictionary

(Acts 20)

- Three years later, Paul is in prison in Rome, c AD61-63, and writes the Letters to the Ephesians, the Colossians, and to Philemon for delivery by Tychicus. In Ephesians 6:21 and Colossians 4:7, Paul commends him highly. In Colossians 4:9 we learn Tychicus is taking Onesimus the escaped slave, and subject of the Letter to Philemon back to Colossae.

By c AD66, Paul is planning to send Tychicus from Macedonia or Ephesus to join Titus in Crete (Titus 3:12). Then in c AD67 as Paul prepares to die in Rome, he sends Tychicus back to his home-town of Ephesus (2 Timothy 4:12).

Tychicus - Smiths Bible Dictionary

Tych'icus, (fateful), and Troph'imus, (nutritious). Companions of St. Paul, on some of his journeys, are mentioned as natives of Asia. ; ; . (A.D. 54-64). There is much probability in the conjecture that Tychicus and Trophimus were the two brethren, who were associated with Titus, -24, in conducting the business of the collection, for the poor Christians in Judea.

Tychicus - The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

A friend and companion of Paul. (Eph 6:21)

Tychicus - Thompson Chain Reference TCR

one of Paul's companions

Act 20:4; Eph 6:21; Col 4:7; 2Ti 4:12; Tit 3:12

Tychicus - Watson, Richard - Biblical and Theological Dictionary

a disciple of St. Paul, whom the Apostle often employed to carry his letters to the several churches. He was of the province of Asia, and accompanied St. Paul, when, in A.D. 58, he made his journey from Corinth to Jerusalem, Act 20:4. It was he that carried the epistle to the Colossians, that to the Ephesians, and the first to Timothy. St. Paul did not send him merely to carry his letters, but also to learn the state of the churches, and to bring him an account of them. Wherefore he calls him his dear brother, a faithful minister of the Lord, and his companion in the service of God, Eph 6:21-22; Col 4:7-8. He had thoughts also of sending him into Crete, to preside over that church in the absence of Tit 3:12.