ΒΑΚΧΙΔΟΥ, βακχιδου
BAKCHIDOU, bakchidou
Sounds Like: bak-KHEE-doo
Translations: of Bacchides
From the root: ΒΑΚΧΙΔΗΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Bacchides was a Syrian general under Demetrius I Soter, the Seleucid king. He is mentioned in the First Book of Maccabees and in the writings of Josephus, primarily for his military campaigns against Judas Maccabeus and the Hasmoneans in Judea during the 2nd century BCE. The word is used here in the genitive case, indicating possession or origin.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
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