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Maccabee
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Maccabée
English
Maccabees
Alternative forms
en Machabee Maccabi
Etymology
From the en la Maccabaeus, from the en grc Μᾰκκᾰβαῖος, from the en hbo מַכַּבִּי makkabbī.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmæ.kəˌbi/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Maccabee.wav Southern England
Noun
en 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 ).
en Hasmonean
Derived terms
en Maccabean
Translations
Maccabee
Arabic: ar مَكَابِيّ m
Armenian:
Old Armenian: xcl Մակաբէ
Catalan: ca macabeu m
Esperanto: eo Makabeo
Finnish: fi makkabilainen
French: fr Maccabée m f
German: de Makkabäer m, de Makkabäerin f
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Μακκαβαῖος m
Hebrew: he מכבי m makabí
Indonesian: id Makabe
Irish: ga Macabaech m
Italian: it Macabeo m
Latin: la Maccabaeus m
Polish: pl Machabeusz m
Portuguese: pt macabeu m
Russian: ru маккаве́й m, ru маккаве́и m-p plural, singular is rare
Spanish: es macabeo m
Swedish: sv mackabé c
Yiddish: yi מכּבי m makabi
en Hanukkah