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Israel vs Maccabee - What's the difference?

israel | maccabee |

As a proper noun israel

is .

As a noun maccabee is

maccabee.

israel

English

(wikipedia Israel)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The State of Israel, a modern country in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean.
  • The Land of Israel, a region that is roughly coextensive with the State of Israel.
  • (historical) A nation that occupied roughly the same area in ancient times.
  • (historical) An ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of this area, as distinct from Judah.
  • The Jews, taken collectively.
  • (biblical) A name given to Jacob (Genesis 32:28).
  • *
    • And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel : for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
  • .

    • Synonyms

    * (State of Israel) the Jewish State, the State of Israel * (Land of Israel) Canaan, the Holy Land, the Land of Israel, the Levant, Palestine * (ancient kingdom) Ephraim * (the Jews) the Children of Israel

    Usage notes

    * (Land of Israel) The use of the name to refer to the region is sometimes seen as politically or emotionally charged; indeed, this is true of all terms for this region.

    Derived terms

    * Israeli * Israelite * Jewsrael

    See also

    * * * Irving

    Anagrams

    * * * * * ----

    maccabee

    English

    (wikipedia Maccabee)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) A member of the (a liberation movement in Israel who established Jewish independence in the Land of Israel in the second and first centuries BC).