Bible Dictionary
FACT
Literally, a deed or action. In the biblical usage it refers to a particular deed, including the murder of Onias, which others condemned as wickedness.
Definition
A fact is a deed or action. In the supplied biblical usages, the word may refer simply to a deed or to a deed regarded as wickedness and condemned by others.
Biblical Usage
The term occurs in the heading concerning Jehu’s deed and in 2 Maccabees concerning the murder of Onias. The Greeks are described as joining others in hatred of that wicked deed.
Historical Background
The word is explained as literally meaning a deed. In the New Testament-related translation of the Maccabean passage, “fact” is clarified as “the deed” or “the wickedness.”
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>Lit. "a deed."</p><p>The word occurs only in the heading of the chapter, 2Ki 10 the King James Version, "Jehu excuseth the fact by the prophecy of Elijah," and in 2 Macc 4:36, with reference to the murder of Onias, "certain of the Greeks that abhorred the fact (the deed) also" (summisoponerounton, literally, "hating wickedness together with (others))," the Revised Version (British and American) "the Greeks also joining with them in hatred of the wickedness."</p>