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- proper noun The son of Amos, in the genealogy of Christ.
- proper noun The son of Semei, in the genealogy of Christ.
- proper noun The father of Judas Maccabaeus.
- proper noun rare A male
given name .
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I had admired the courage of Mattathias in refusing to act against his own religious beliefs, and being willing to kill those who would force him to.
Shawna Dolansky: The Truth(s) About Hanukkah Shawna Dolansky 2011
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#780 ::: Mattathias ::: view all by ::: March 25, 2010, 06:30 PM:
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Mattathias Schwartz of GOOD Magazine has a much-linked-to feature in tomorrow's New York Times magazine about trollius dickwadius internetius maximus, a subhuman web-based species better known as the common internet troll.
Boing Boing 2008
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Mattathias of Arta, Greece (rabbi of the Corfu congregation in the sixteenth century).
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In reaction, a Jewish priest named Mattathias ignited a resistance movement to expel the Syrians.
Women Who Ruled: Salome Alexandra Jan 2008
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Mattathias killed the first Jew who came forward to offer a sacrifice as well as a state official, and he and his five sons were forced to escape to the hills.
What's the Connection?: Chanukah 2008 Debra W. Haffner 2008
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Mattathias killed the first Jew who came forward to offer a sacrifice as well as a state official, and he and his five sons were forced to escape to the hills.
Archive 2008-12-01 Debra W. Haffner 2008
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In reaction, a Jewish priest named Mattathias ignited a resistance movement to expel the Syrians.
Archive 2008-06-01 Jan 2008
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Mattathias killed the first Jew who came forward to offer a sacrifice as well as a state official, and he and his five sons were forced to escape to the hills.
Archive 2007-12-01 Debra W. Haffner 2007
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Mattathias killed the first Jew who came forward to offer a sacrifice as well as a state official, and he and his five sons were forced to escape to the hills.
What's the Connection?: Happy Chanukah! Debra W. Haffner 2007
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