Timotheus is a masculine male name. It is a latinized version of the

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name (Timόtheos) mmeaning "one who honours God", from τιμή "honour" and θεός "god"., . The English version '' Timothy'' (and its variations) is a common name in several countries.

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Timotheus of Miletus Timotheus of Miletus ( grc, Τιμόθεος ὁ Μιλήσιος; c. 446 – 357 BC) was a Greek musician and dithyrambic poet, an exponent of the "new music." He added one or more strings to the lyre, whereby he incurred the displeasure of the S ...

, 5th century BC Greek poet and musician at the court of Archelaus I of Macedon *

Timotheus (general) Timotheus ( el, Τιμόθεος; died 354 BC) was a Greek statesman and general who sought to revive Athenian imperial ambitions by making Athens dominant in a Second Athenian League. He was the son of the Athenian general, Conon. Isocrates con ...

4th century BC, Athenian statesman and general, son of the general Conon * Timotheus (sculptor), 4th century BC Greek sculptor who took part in the building of Mausoleum of Maussollos * Timotheus of Heraclea, 4th century BC ruler of Heraclea Pontica, and the son of the tyrant Clearchus of Heraclea * Timotheus (aulist), a late 4th century BC musician at the court of Alexander the Great * Timotheus (Ammon), a 2nd century BC Ammonite opponent of Judas Maccabeus * Timotheus of Tralles, 2nd century BC, victor of the 163 Ancient Olympic Games at Stadion * Saint Timotheus, 1st century AD Christian leader * Timotheus of Gaza, 5th century AD Greek grammarian active during the reign of Anastasius * Pope Timotheus I of Alexandria, 4th century bishop * Pope Timotheus II of Alexandria, also known as Timotheus Aelurus, 5th century AD monophysite bishop * Timotheus Salophakiolos, known as Timotheus III, the Greek Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria from 460475 and again from 477 until his death in 485. * Timotheus IV of Alexandria, a bishop in the 6th century. Also known as Timothy III, since the

Coptic Church The Coptic Orthodox Church ( cop, Ϯⲉⲕ̀ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ, translit=Ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos, lit=the Egyptian Orthodox Church; ar, الكنيسة القبطي� ...

does not recognize the third Timothy. *

Daumantas of Pskov Daumantas or Dovmont (Russian: Довмонт, Belarusian: Даўмонт, Christian name Timothy (russian: Тимофей), ; c. 1240? – 17 May 1299), was a Lithuanian prince best remembered as a military leader of the Principality of P ...

, also known as Timotheus of Pskov, 13th Century AD patron saint of the city of Pskov

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Léal Souvenir ''Léal Souvenir'' (also known as ''Timotheus'' or ''Portrait of a Man'') is a small oil painting, oil-on-oak panel painting, panel portrait by the Early Netherlandish painting, Early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck, dated 1432. The sitter ...

, a 1432 portrait by Jan van Eyck alternately known as ''Timotheus''

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