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1 Maccabees 1:63

καὶ ἐπεδέξαντο ἀποθανεῖν, ἵνα μὴ μιανθῶσιν τοῖς βρώμασιν, καὶ μὴ βεβηλώσουσιν διαθήκην ἁγίαν· καὶ ἀπέθανον.

  1. καὶ
    and
  2. ἐπεδέξαντο
    accepted
    they received, received
  3. ἀποθανεῖν
    to die
  4.  
    ,
     
  5. ἵνα
    so that
  6. μὴ
    not
  7. μιανθῶσιν
    they might be defiled
  8. τοῖς
    the
    to the
  9. βρώμασιν
    foods
  10.  
    ,
     
  11. καὶ
    and
  12. μὴ
    not
  13. βεβηλώσουσιν
    they will profane
    they might profane, they profane
  14. διαθήκην
    covenant
  15. ἁγίαν
    holy
  16.  
    ·
     
  17. καὶ
    and
  18. ἀπέθανον
    died
  19.  
    .
     

And they accepted death, so that they might not be defiled by the foods and might not profane the holy covenant, and they died.