*אַפֹּוסְטוֹמוֹס, (Var. פוסטמוס, פס׳) pr. n. m. Apostomos (Postomos), one who is mentioned as having burned the Law [and put up an idol in the Temple]. Taan. IV, 6; Y. ib. 68ᶜᵈ; Yalk.Kings 250. [Prob. an officer of king Antioch Epiphanes of Syria; perh. a popul. corrupt. of ἀπόστολος, cmp. II Macc. VI, 1.]