maccabees

listen to the pronunciation of maccabees
Английский Язык - Турецкий язык
Makabiler: 2. yüzyılda Yahudi lider Judas Maccabaeus'un takipçileri
Английский Язык - Английский Язык
plural form of Maccabee
A Jewish liberation movement who fought for, and established, independence in the Land of Israel during the second and first centuries BC
A book of the Old Testament Apocrypha
{n} two apocryphal books of scripture
{i} members of the ancient Hasmonean priestly family and descendant of Mattathias (esp. refers to Judah the Maccabee and his brothers); followers of Judas Maccabeus; 4 books of Jewish history the first two of which are included in the Apocrypha
(fl. 2nd century BC) Priestly family of Jews who organized a successful rebellion against Antiochus IV Epiphanes in Palestine and reconsecrated the defiled Temple of Jerusalem. The rebellion began under the leadership of the Jewish priest Mattathias after Antiochus sought to stamp out Judaism by forbidding all Jewish practices and desecrating the temple (167 BC). When Mattathias died ( 166 BC), his son Judas Maccabaeus recaptured Jerusalem and reconsecrated the temple, an event celebrated in the holiday Hanukkah. After Judas's death, the war continued intermittently under his brothers Jonathan and Simon. The Maccabees formed the Hasmonean dynasty
which led to a period of freedom for Israel
of the Septuagint
Also applied to three books, two of which are found in some MSS
168-161 B
The name of two ancient historical books, which give accounts of Jewish affairs in or about the time of the Maccabean princes, and which are received as canonical books in the Roman Catholic Church, but are included in the Apocrypha by Protestants
The name given in later times to the Asmonæans, a family of Jewish patriots, who headed a religious revolt in the reign of Antiochus IV
Macc

Связанные Термины

1 Maccabees
The first book of Maccabees of the Old Testament Apocrypha
2 Maccabees
The second book of Maccabees of the Old Testament Apocrypha
i maccabees
an Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus
ii maccabees
an Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus
the Maccabees
{i} group of Hasmoneans who rose up in rebellion against the Syrians in the first century (led by Mattathias and his son Judah, they defeated the Syrians under Antiochus Epiphanes and rededicated the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem (which is the origin of the Jewish holiday Hanukkah)
maccabees

    Расстановка переносов

    Mac·ca·bees

    Турецкое произношение

    mäkıbiz

    Произношение

    /ˈmakəˌbēz/ /ˈmækəˌbiːz/
Избранное
Еще...
Очистить