APPHUS ăf’ əs (̓Απφούς). An epithet applied to the name of Jonathan, the fifth son of Mattathias (1 Macc 2:5). The exact meaning of the word is not certain, but it is usually taken to mean “dissembler,” perhaps received by Jonathan because of the way he had deceived the tribe of Jambri, who had killed his brother John (1 Macc 9:37-41).