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Maccabee

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈmæ.kəˌbi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: M AE1 K AH0 B IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

A member of the Maccabees (a liberation movement in Israel who established Jewish independence in the Land of Israel in the second and first centuries BCE).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From the Latin Maccabaeus, from the Ancient Greek Μᾰκκᾰβαῖος (Măkkăbaîos), from the Biblical Hebrew מַכַּבִּי (makkabbī).

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَكَابِيّ (makābiyy) — Maccabee
  • Old Armenian: Մակաբէ (Makabē) — Maccabee
  • Catalan: macabeu — Maccabee
  • Esperanto: Makabeo — Maccabee
  • Finnish: makkabilainen — Maccabee
  • French: Maccabée — Maccabee
  • German: Makkabäer — Maccabee
  • German: Makkabäerin — Maccabee
  • Ancient Greek: Μακκαβαῖος (Makkabaîos) — Maccabee
  • Hebrew: מכבי (makabí) — Maccabee
  • Indonesian: Makabe — Maccabee
  • Irish: Macabaech — Maccabee
  • Italian: Macabeo — Maccabee
  • Latin: Maccabaeus — Maccabee
  • Polish: Machabeusz — Maccabee
  • Portuguese: macabeu — Maccabee
  • Russian: маккаве́й (makkavéj) — Maccabee
  • Russian: маккаве́и (makkavéi) — Maccabee
  • Spanish: macabeo — Maccabee
  • Swedish: mackabé — Maccabee
  • Yiddish: מכּבי (makabi) — Maccabee
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