Maccabee

See also: Maccabée

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmæ.kəˌbi/

Noun

Maccabee (plural Maccabees)

1. (biblical) 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 BC).

Translations

Maccabee

• Arabic: مَكَابِيّ m (makābiyy)
• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: Մակաբէ (Makabē)

• Esperanto: Makabeo
• Finnish: makkabilainen (fi)
• French: Maccabée (fr) m or f
• Greek:

  Ancient: Μακκαβαῖος m (Makkabaîos)

• Hebrew: מכבי (he) m (makabí)
• Indonesian: Makabe
• Irish: Macabaech m
• Italian: Macabeo m
• Latin: Maccabaeus m
• Polish: Machabeusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: macabeu m
• Russian: маккаве́й m (makkavéj), маккаве́и m pl (makkavéi) (plural, singular is rare)
• Spanish: macabeo (es) m
• Swedish: mackabé (sv) c
• Yiddish: מכּבי m (makabi)