Maccabee

See also: Maccabée

English

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Etymology

From the Latin Maccabaeus, from the Ancient Greek Μᾰκκᾰβαῖος (Măkkăbaîos), from the Biblical Hebrew מַכַּבִּי (makkabbī).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmæ.kəˌbi/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

Maccabee (plural Maccabees)

  1. (biblical) A member of the Maccabees (a liberation movement in Israel who established Jewish independence in the Land of Israel in the second and first centuries BCE).
    Coordinate term: Hasmonean

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