1 Maccabees 2:4

Verse 4. Machabeus. The common etymology has been given. Bible.—But Judas had then no banners, and there is no proof that the Jews used such abbreviations, ( Calmet.) though moderns write Rambam, for “R. Moses, son of Maimon,” Moce-bie, ( Bible.) “conquering in God,” (equivalent to Nicator, the title of Sedeucus) seems better, particularly as the word is written Machabee. Calmet.—Yet this is liable to the objection of c being placed instead of k, which occurs invariably in the Chal. and Syr. Bible.