Maccabees

Meaning of Maccabees

noun

the members or followers of the family of the Jewish leader Judas Maccabaeus.

late Middle English: from Latin Maccabaeus, an epithet applied to Judas, perhaps from Hebrew maqqeḇeṯ ‘hammer’ (by association with the religious revolt led by Judas).

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Hyphenation of Maccabees

Mac-cabees

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • Maccabees is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

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