Hasmonean

== English == === Alternative forms === Asmonean, Asmonaean, Hasmonaean === Etymology === From Latin Asmonaeus (latinized name of the family's founder) + English -an, from (Hellenic) Ancient Greek Ἀσαμωναῖος (Asamōnaîos), from Hebrew חַשְׁמוֹנַאי (ḥašmōnay). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hæzməˈniːən/, /æzməˈniːən/ === Adjective === Hasmonean (not comparable) (historical) Of or relating to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Hasmonean (plural Hasmoneans) (historical) A member of the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged. 2016, Kenneth Atkinson, Response to Gillihan, Lester L. Grabbe, Gabriele Boccaccini, Jason M. Zurawski (editors), The Seleucid and Hasmonean Periods and the Apocalyptic Worldview, Bloomsbury Publishing (Bloomsbury T&T Clark), page 224, Gillihan proposes that these changes were largely compelled by new historical circumstances, and not by theological convictions the Hasmoneans held from the beginning of their rule. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Hasmonean dynasty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === neoshaman