Asmoneans

It is supposed to have been derived from the Hebrew word (makkabah) meaning "hammer," as suggestive of the heroism and power of this Jewish family, who are, however, more properly called Asmoneans or Hasmonaeans, the origin of which is much disputed.

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

[1] It is supposed to have been derived from the Hebrew word (makkabah) meaning "hammer," as suggestive of the heroism and power of this Jewish family, who are, however, more properly called Asmoneans or Hasmonaeans, the origin of which is much disputed.

Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

It is supposed to have been derived from the Hebrew word (makkabah) meaning "hammer," as suggestive of the heroism and power of this Jewish family, who are, however, more properly called Asmoneans or Hasmonaeans, the origin of which is much disputed.

Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

It is supposed to have been derived from the Hebrew word (makkabah) meaning "hammer," as suggestive of the heroism and power of this Jewish family, who are, however, more properly called Asmoneans or Hasmonaeans, the origin of which is much disputed.

Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

But when the kingdom of the Asmoneans had conquered them, they sought and could not find but one single vial of oil that had been laid up under the seal of the chief priest; nor was there enough in it but to light for one day.

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

When the Asmoneans had snatched away this city out of the hand of the

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

But what had Mordecai to do with the times of the Asmoneans?

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

Agrippa calls the people of Jerusalem together into the Xystus, and sets his sister Berenice in their view, "upon the House of the Asmoneans, which was above the Xystus, in the farther part of the Upper City."

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

The House of the Asmoneans, and the Xystus, or open gallery.

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

But whether these our interpreters suppose Gad Javan to be that chamber where those stones lay hid, laid up there by the Asmoneans when they repaired the altar, concerning which place see if you please the place in the margin; or whether they suppose it to be the place itself where the idol stood, inquire.

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979