单词 | Maccabees |
释义 | Maccabees/ˈmakəbiːz /plural noun historical 1The members or followers of the family of the Jewish leader Judas Maccabaeus.The second miracle, mentioned in our Chanukah prayers, was the miraculous defeat of the Greek army by the much smaller Jewish forces under the Maccabees....
1.1 (in full the Books of the Maccabees) Four books of Jewish history and theology, of which the first and second are in the Apocrypha and feature Judas Maccabaeus. DerivativesMaccabean
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin Maccabaeus, an epithet applied to Judas, perhaps from Hebrew maqqeḇeṯ 'hammer' (by association with the religious revolt led by Judas). |
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