Shortly thereafter, Antiochus was struck with an incurable disease in his bowels and worms bred so fast in his body that whole streaks of his flesh sometimes dropped from him.
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Antiochus
//ænˈtaɪəkəs//
Synonyms for "antiochus"
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14 translations across 12 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Ἀντίοχος name (male given name)
Armenian
1 entries- Անտիոքոս name (male given name)
Ashokan Prakrit
2 entries- 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀺𑀬𑁄𑀓 name (male given name)
- 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀺𑀬𑁄𑀕 name (male given name)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Антиох name (male given name)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲁⲛⲧⲓⲟⲭⲟⲥ name (male given name)
French
1 entries- Antiochos name (male given name)
German
2 entries- Antiochos name (male given name)
- Antiochus name (male given name)
Greek
1 entries- Αντίοχος name (male given name)
Italian
1 entries- Antioco name (male given name)
Portuguese
1 entries- Antíoco name (male given name)
Russian
1 entries- Антио́х name (male given name)
Spanish
1 entries- Antíoco name (male given name)
Sample sentences
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The post-canonical apocalypses of Judaism fall within the period beginning with the attempt of Antiochus IV to make the Jews Greeks, and the successful resistance of the Maccabees and their establishment of an independent Jewish kingdom, and ending with the Jewish-Roman wars, the destruction of Jerusalem and the suppression by Hadrian of the final Messianic, political uprising under Bar Cochba; that is, from 108 B. C. to 135 A. D.
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