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APPHUS, the Sirname given to Jonathan Maccabæus, 1 Macc. xi. 5. This word Apphus may signify one who faints away1, or one who abounds, or one who scatters and disperses, according to the different ways of writing it.
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אפוסdefi-ciens. abundare. spargere. ↩
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