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Maccabees
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Maccabées
English
Books of the Maccabees
Alternative forms
en Machabees
Pronunciation
en /ˈmækəbiːz/
Proper noun
en biblical One of two books of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
en Macc. abbreviation
en historical A Jewish liberation movement who fought for, and established, independence in the Land of Israel during the second and first centuries .
Derived terms
en 1 Maccabees
en 2 Maccabees
en Knight of the Maccabees
Translations
book of the Old Testament
Asturian: ast Macabeos
Esperanto: eo Makabeoj p
French: fr Maccabées
German: de Makkabäer p m
Irish: ga Macabaeigh m-p
Korean: ko 마카베오기
Portuguese: pt Macabeus m m-p
Romanian: ro Macabei
Spanish: es Macabeos m m-p
Swedish: sv Mackabeerbok Mackabeerböckerna c-p
Noun
en noun form
en Maccabee