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Machabees

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[mak-uh-beez] / ˈmæk əˌbiz /

noun

(used with a singular verb)
  1. Maccabees.


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Viz., according to the computation followed by the Greeks; which was different from that of the Hebrews, followed by the writer of the first book of Machabees.

From The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 46: 2 Machabees The Challoner Revision by

The word is not found in Hebrew brew copies of the Scriptures, but is used in the Machabees, the original of which is in Greek, and in the New Testament.

From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances

Authority of the Church derived from God, 65; absence of, causes dissensions, 97; authorized versus private interpretation, 81; of the Book of Machabees, 214.

From The Faith of Our Fathers by Gibbons, James

It was the belief among the Jews of old, and of this we have clear proof in the Second Book of Machabees, xii.,

From Purgatory by Sadlier, Mrs. James

An unexpected light shall arise by the means of the Machabees, when things shalll seem to be at the worst.

From The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 43: Zacharias The Challoner Revision by

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