Bar Cochba, Simon

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Bar Kokba, Simon - or Simon Bar Cochba(kōk´bə) [Heb.,=son of the star], d. A.D. 135, Hebrew hero and leader of a major revolt against Rome under Hadrian (132–135). He may have claimed to be a ...