Maccabees

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Pronunciations

Maccabees (MAK-uh-bees) listen

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Definitions

  • n. The revolutionaries in the story of Hanukkah who fought for religious freedom and to reclaim Jerusalem from King Antiochus and Syrian control.

Example Sentences

  • "However the actual Chanukah miracle was in fact the victory of the Maccabees over the Seleucids against overwhelming odds." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • מַכַּבִּי

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).

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