"2 Maccabees" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} 2 Maccabees
  1. A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants. Synonyms: 2 Macc. [abbreviation] Translations (second book of Maccabees): سِفْر المَكَابِيِّين الثَانِي (sifr al-makābiyyīn aṯ-ṯānī) (Arabic), 2 Makabe (Indonesian), Dara Leabhar na Macabaech [masculine] (Irish), 2 Macabaeigh [masculine] (Irish), 2 Mac (Irish), Druga Księga Machabejska [feminine] (Polish), 2 Macabeus [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), 2 Macabeos [masculine, plural] (Spanish), Andra Mackabeerboken [common-gender] (Swedish), 2 Macabeo (Tagalog)

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