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Barcoʹchebah or Barchõchebas (Shimeon)

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A fanatical leader of the Jews who headed a revolt of the Jews against the Romans A.D. 132, took Jerusalem in 132, and was slain by Julius Sevērus in an assault of Bethel, A.D. 135. (Didot: Nouvelle Biographie Universelle.)

“Shared the fall of the Antichrist Barcochebah.”—Professor Seeley: Ecce Homo.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Barbeliots
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Barbier
Barcarole
Barcelona (A)
Barclayans
Barcochebah or Barchõchebas (Shimeon)
Bardesanists
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Bardo deBardi
Bardolph
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Barebone Parliament (The)
Barefaced
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Bare Poles
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