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Maccabaeus

[mak-uh-bee-uhs]

noun

Judas or Ju·dah

[joo-duh] , (“the Hammer”), died c. 160 b.c., Judean patriot, one of the Maccabees: military leader 166–160 (son of Mattathias).

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