Maccabean

[ mak-uh-bee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the Maccabees or Judas Maccabaeus.

Maccabean

/ ˌmækəˈbiːən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Maccabees or to Judas Maccabaeus, the Jewish leader of a revolt (166–161 bc ) against Seleucid oppression

Word History and Origins

Origin of Maccabean¹

First recorded in 1815–25; Maccabe(es) + -an

Example Sentences

Our earliest literary sources for the events of the Maccabean revolt don’t mention anything about the miracle of oil.

From The Daily Beast

Even the Judeans at the time of the Maccabean revolt could not be immune.

From The Daily Beast

Until the Maccabean revolt, he explained, most Jews were content to sleep peacefully in family caves after death.

From The Daily Beast

Throughout the history of the Maccabean wars Gezer or Gazara plays the part of an important frontier post.

From Project Gutenberg

There is no proof that even the Law and the Prophets existed in such a form before the Maccabean period.

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With the downfall of the Maccabean dynasty, however, the older idea revived in the 1st cent.

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Had Daniel existed before the Maccabean epoch, it is impossible that the rank of the Book should have been deliberately ignored.

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And that the same use of plays on words was still common in the Maccabean epoch we see in the Story of Susanna.

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