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1. assidean

   The Hasideans (Hebrew: חסידים הראשונים, Hasidim ha-Rishonim, Greek Ἀσιδαῖοι or Asidaioi, also transcribed Hasidaeans, Assideans, Hassideans or Assideans) were a Jewish party during the Maccabean revolt that took place from around 167–142 BCE. They may have existed for some time previous as well as afterward, but it is difficult to say due to the fact that the surviving sources focus on the time during the revolt. The Hasideans are mentioned three times in the books of the Maccabees. According to the book 1 Maccabees, during the early phases of the anti-Jewish decrees and persecution proclaimed by King Antiochus IV Epiphanes, some Hasideans joined up with Mattathias the Hasmonean as he martialed forces and allies for his rebellion (~167–166 BCE). Later on, during the term of High Priest Alcimus, some Hasideans apparently trusted his promises at first, but were later betrayed and executed. In the book 2 Maccabees, Judas Maccabeus is described as the leader of the Hasideans and of them all as troublemakers disrupting the peace, but by Alcimus, a source the book considers untrustworthy and corrupt. The Hasideans have been the object of much scholarly speculation: were they a specific group with a coherent ideology, or merely a generic term for "the faithful"? If they were a group, what was their religious and political stance? Were they predecessors of the Pharisees, the Essenes, both, or neither? Scholars have come to different conclusions: from seeing them as religious "moderates" whose main goal was the preservation of traditionalist Judaism against Hellenism (but not necessarily for establishing a separate independent political state) to seeing them as simply as a very religious group who were betrayed.

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1. Assideannoun

   one of a body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic Jews, and supported the Asmoneans

2. Etymology: [Heb. khsad to be pious.]

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1. nassidae

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of assidean in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of assidean in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assidean
2. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assidean