Maccabee
See also: Maccabée
English
editEtymology
editFrom the Latin Maccabaeus, from the Ancient Greek Μᾰκκᾰβαῖος (Makkabaîos), from the Biblical Hebrew מַכַּבִּי (makkabbī).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editMaccabee (plural Maccabees)
- (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 BC).
Translations
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