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hasmonean
a member of a priestly family of Jewish rulers and leaders in Judea in the 1st and 2nd centuries b.c. -
herod
("the Great") 73?–4 b.c, king of Judea 37–4. -
herod agrippa
(Julius Agrippa) c10 b.c.–a.d. 44, king of Judea 41–44 (grandson of Herod the Great). -
jewry
the Jewish people collectively. -
maccabees
(used with a plural verb) the members of the Hasmonean family of Jewish leaders and rulers comprising the sons of Mattathias and their descendants and reigning in Judea from 167? to 37 b.c., especially Judas Maccabaeus and his brothers, who defeated the Syrians under Antiochus IV in 165? and rededicated the Temple in Jerusalem. -
mattathias
died 167? b.c, Jewish priest in Judea (father of Judas Maccabaeus).