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Mattathias
(redirected from Mattathias Maccabaeus)

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Mattathias (măt'əthī`əs) [Gr. variant of Mattithiah Mattithiah , in the Bible.

1 Overseer in the temple.

2 Musician of David.

3 Assistant of Ezra.
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2 Two in Luke's genealogy.

3 Father of the Maccabees Maccabees or Machabees , Jewish family of the 2d and 1st cent. B.C. that brought about a restoration of Jewish political and religious life. They are also called Hasmoneans or Asmoneans after their ancestor, Hashmon.
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4 Captain under Jonathan, the Maccabee.

5 Son of Simon, the Maccabee, murdered with his father.

6 Envoy from Nicanor to Judas Maccabeus.



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