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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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APPHUS ( 1M Malachi 2:5 ). The surname of Jonathan the Maccabee. The name is usually thought to mean ‘dissembler’; and some suppose that it was given to Jonathan for his stratagem against the tribe of the Jambri, who had killed his brother John ( 1Ma 9:37-41 ).

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Apphus'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​a/apphus.html. 1909.
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