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Meaning of "maccabees"
maccabees (noun): In English, 'Maccabees' refers to a Jewish rebel army that fought against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE
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- One of two books of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
- A Jewish liberation movement who fought for, and established, independence in the Land of Israel during the second and first centuries BC.
- plural of Maccabee
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Maccabees does not mention its ultimate fate.
On the holy Maccabees and their mother.
Maccabees makes no mention of these events.
And besides these there are the Maccabees.
Maccabees discovered one jug of oil.
There were these people called the Maccabees.
Second Maccabees is notably subjective and emotional.
These are the two books of the Maccabees.
The Maccabees are best understood as moderate fanatics.
It was the emblem on the coins of the Maccabees.
A few Maccabees acted on what they knew to be right.
I hear the story of the brave Maccabees.
The original Maccabees did not survive the fighting.
What followed was the revolt of the Maccabees.
The spears of the Maccabees are the mitzvot of today.
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I fight my junk drawer just like the Maccabees.
The Maccabees announce they are splitting up.
This generation is marked by the revolt of the Maccabees.
The Maccabees were an exception in history.
While it is true that the Maccabees.
The story of the nine Maccabees serves as a prime example of this.
This was the beginning of the decline of the Maccabees.
Before the time of the Maccabees there was no canon of sacred books.
With them the history of the Maccabees begins.
The Maccabees fought with raw will and brutal determination.
See the accounts in the books of the Maccabees.
But the Maccabees always defeat the decrees of the enemy.
Chapter of the second book of Maccabees.
A few passages from the Maccabees will show you what he was.
Sounds reminiscent of the seven martyrs in the book of Maccabees.
The Maccabees and their followers flee into the mountains.
He was himself a descendant of the Maccabees.
In the books of the Maccabees we read of sacrifices offered for the dead.
They are mentioned only three times in the books of the Maccabees.
That is what makes the story of the Maccabees so very relevant to our time.
Someone might also cite here the instance of the Maccabees.
The Maccabees fought for so long to purify and bring light to the Temple.
An author writing during or shortly after the period of the Maccabees.
The Book of Maccabees records the case of the mother of the seven sons.
But the visit to the tomb of the Maccabees is for you.
The courage of the Maccabees reminds us that we too can overcome seemingly insurmountable odds.
Years and years ago there were these people called the Maccabees.
The Books of Maccabees are of quite a different order.
Palm branches were a symbol of Jewish nationalism since the time of the Maccabees.
And the Maccabees frequently won.
Nothing could be more bleak than the future the Maccabees faced.
The Maccabees also belonged to them.
To him have been attributed the translations of the three apocryphal books of the Maccabees.
The Maccabees were the very opposite of the Greeks.
On the political level the response was the nationalist and fundamentalist revolt of the Maccabees.
