BARCOCHEBA, BAR-COCHAB or BAR KOKBA ("son of a star"), the name given in Christian sources to the leader in the Jewish revolt against Rome in the time of Hadrian (A.D. 13 2-13 5) . The name does not appear in the Roman his tories. In Rabbinic sources he is called Bar (Ben) Coziba (son of deceit). At first the insurgents were successful, although they did not succeed in capturing Jerusalem; they struck coins in the name of Simeon, prince of Israel, and Eleazar the priest, and persecuted the Christians, who refused to join the revolt. But, under the command of Julius Severus, the strongholds which they had captured were successively reduced. The end came with the fall of Beth-thar (Bethar), (A.D. 135), where Barcocheba was slain.