Tychicus
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Tychicus was an early Christian companion and co-worker of the Apostle Paul, known for delivering letters and encouraging churches in the New Testament.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tychicus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2824397 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tychicus Context triple: [Epistle to the Colossians, mentionsPerson, Tychicus]
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A.
Epaphras
Epaphras is a Christian minister mentioned in the New Testament as a close associate of the Apostle Paul and a founder or leader of the church in Colossae.
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B.
Archippus
Archippus was an early Christian mentioned in the New Testament as a coworker of Paul and a leader in the church, traditionally associated with the community at Colossae.
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C.
Onesiphorus
Onesiphorus is a Christian figure in the New Testament known for loyally supporting and refreshing the Apostle Paul during his imprisonment.
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D.
Saint Timothy
Saint Timothy was an early Christian disciple and companion of the Apostle Paul, traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Ephesus and a recipient of two New Testament epistles.
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E.
Titus (companion of Paul)
Titus was an early Christian missionary and trusted co-worker of the Apostle Paul, known for his leadership in the churches of Corinth and Crete and as the recipient of the New Testament Epistle to Titus.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tychicus Target entity description: Tychicus was an early Christian companion and co-worker of the Apostle Paul, known for delivering letters and encouraging churches in the New Testament.
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A.
Epaphras
Epaphras is a Christian minister mentioned in the New Testament as a close associate of the Apostle Paul and a founder or leader of the church in Colossae.
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B.
Archippus
Archippus was an early Christian mentioned in the New Testament as a coworker of Paul and a leader in the church, traditionally associated with the community at Colossae.
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C.
Onesiphorus
Onesiphorus is a Christian figure in the New Testament known for loyally supporting and refreshing the Apostle Paul during his imprisonment.
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D.
Saint Timothy
Saint Timothy was an early Christian disciple and companion of the Apostle Paul, traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Ephesus and a recipient of two New Testament epistles.
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E.
Titus (companion of Paul)
Titus was an early Christian missionary and trusted co-worker of the Apostle Paul, known for his leadership in the churches of Corinth and Crete and as the recipient of the New Testament Epistle to Titus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
associate of Paul the Apostle
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biblical person ⓘ early Christian ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 1st century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
church in Colossae
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church in Ephesus ⓘ churches in Asia Minor ⓘ |
| carriedLetter |
Epistle to the Colossians
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Epistle to the Ephesians ⓘ |
| considered |
loyal coworker
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reliable messenger ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Luke the Evangelist
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Timothy ⓘ Titus ⓘ |
| describedAs |
dear brother
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faithful minister ⓘ faithful servant in the Lord ⓘ fellow servant in the Lord ⓘ |
| entrustedWith |
pastoral responsibilities
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representing Paul to churches ⓘ |
| hasRole |
church emissary
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co-worker of Paul ⓘ companion of Paul ⓘ encourager of churches ⓘ letter carrier ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| listedAmong | companions of Paul in Acts 20:4 ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
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Epistle to Titus ⓘ Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ Epistle to the Ephesians ⓘ New Testament ⓘ Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ |
| missionPurpose |
to encourage believers' hearts
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to inform believers about Paul's circumstances ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| originatesFrom |
Asia
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Roman province of Asia ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Paul's collection journey to Jerusalem ⓘ |
| possiblyOfEthnicity | Greek ⓘ |
| possiblyServedAs | interim leader in Ephesus ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| scripturalReference |
2 Timothy 4:12
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Acts 20:4 ⓘ Colossians 4:7–8 ⓘ Ephesians 6:21–22 ⓘ Titus 3:12 ⓘ |
| sentBy |
Apostle Paul
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surface form:
Paul the Apostle
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| travelsWith |
Apostle Paul
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surface form:
Paul the Apostle
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| trustedBy |
Apostle Paul
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surface form:
Paul the Apostle
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tychicus Description of subject: Tychicus was an early Christian companion and co-worker of the Apostle Paul, known for delivering letters and encouraging churches in the New Testament.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.