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Macc.

American  

abbreviation

  1. Maccabees.


Macc. British  

abbreviation

  1. Maccabees (books of the Apocrypha)

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The form with φ was doubtless read in the Apostolic Constitutions, and twice in Cyril of Alexandria, and that word is supported as well by 2 Macc. vii.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

Cf. the heading of Bel and the Dragon for a similar ignoring of the early verses, as also that of I. Macc. i.

From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by Daubney, William Heaford

Their purpose was to extirpate the whole race of Jacob, 1 Macc. v.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

A notice of its history in 147 B.C. is found in 1 Macc. x.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various

An Aretas is mentioned in 1 Macc. xv.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various