Maccabees

英 ['mækəbi:z] 美
  • n. 马加比家族(公元前一世纪统治巴勒斯坦的犹太祭司家族);马卡比书
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Maccabees
late 14c., from Late Latin Maccabæus, surname given to Judas, third son of Mattathias the Hasmonean, leader of the religious revolt against Antiochus IV, 175-166 B.C.E. Usually connected with Hebrew maqqabh "hammer," but Klein thinks it an inexact transliteration of Hebrew matzbi "general, commander of an army." Related: Maccabean.