Usually means: Ancient fortress, site of beheading.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Machaerus)

noun:  (Μαχαιροῦς, from [a sword]; ; ) a Hasmonean hilltop palace and desert fortress, now in ruins, located in the village of Mukawir in modern-day Jordan, southeast of the mouth of the Jordan River on the eastern side of the Dead Sea.


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