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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).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Judas Maccabaeus
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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