. . "Mattathias"@en . "Jewish priest" . "\"Matityahu\" redirects here. For the Israeli settlement, see Matityahu, Mateh Binyamin. Mattathias ben Johanan (Hebrew: \u05DE\u05B7\u05EA\u05B4\u05BC\u05EA\u05B0\u05D9\u05B8\u05D4\u05D5\u05BC \u05D1\u05B6\u05BC\u05DF \u05D9\u05D5\u05B9\u05D7\u05B8\u05E0\u05B8\u05DF \u05D4\u05B7\u05DB\u05B9\u05BC\u05D4\u05B5\u05DF, Matityahu ben Yo\u1E25anan HaKohen) (died 165 BCE) was a Jewish Kohen (\"priest\") whose role in the Jewish revolt against the Seleucids is related in the Books of the Maccabees."@en .