Definition of Judas Maccabaeus

1. Noun. Jewish leader of a revolt in Judea that recovered Jerusalem around 166 BC; hero of the Apocryphal books I Maccabees and II Maccabees (?-161 BC).

Generic synonyms: Leader

Lexicographical Neighbors of Judas Maccabaeus

Judaist
Judaistic
Judaistically
Judaists
Judaization
Judaizations
Judaize
Judaized
Judaizer
Judaizers
Judaizes
Judaizing
Judas
Judas Iscariot
Judas Iscariots
Judas Maccabaeus (current term)
Judas Priest
Judas goat
Judas goats
Judas tree
Judas trees
Judas window
Judases
Judd
Jude
Judea
Judean
Judeo-
Judeo-Christian
Judeo-Christian-Islamic

Literary usage of Judas Maccabaeus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Old and New Testament connected in the history of the Jews and by Humphrey Prideaux (1836)
"... no other feast than that which was celebrated in commemoration of the dedication performed by Judas Maccabaeus, and instituted by him for this purpose. ..."

2. The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research: The Actual by Josephus Nelson Larned, Augustus Hunt Shearer (1922)
"BETH-ZACHARIAH, Battle of (BC 163), a defeat suffered i6j BC by the Jewish patriot, Judas Maccabaeus, at the hands of the Syrian monarch Antiochus Eupator; ..."

3. A Short History of the Hebrews to the Roman Period by Robert Lawrence Ottley (1901)
"FROM Judas Maccabaeus TO HEROD THE GREAT. ALTHOUGH the high priest Alcimus belonged to the Hellen- izing faction among the Jews, and was supported by the ..."

4. The Story of the Jews, Ancient, Mediæval, and Modern by James Kendall Hosmer (1885)
"As for Judas Maccabaeus, he hath been mighty and strong even from his youth up. ... The men of Judas Maccabaeus were few in number, without food, ..."

5. A Biblical and theological dictionary by Richard Watson (1832)
"It was on this occasion that Judas Maccabaeus retired into the ... Mattathias being dead, Judas Maccabaeus headed those Jews who continued faithful, ..."

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