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'''Maccabee''' (Hebrew:'''מכבי''') was a name given to the members of the resistance movement among the Jews who suffered in the persecution under Antiochus Epiphanes, who succeeded to the Syrian throne 175 BC.<ref name="m"/> 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.<ref name="m"/>

'''Maccabee''' (Hebrew:'''מכבי''') was a name given to the members of the resistance movement among the Jews who suffered in the persecution under Antiochus Epiphanes, who succeeded to the Syrian throne 175 BC.<ref name="m"/> 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.<ref name="m"/>