Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob); 
 the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19); 
[syn: Hebrews, Israelites]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Israelites
    n 1: the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac
         (especially from Isaac's son Jacob); the nation whom God
         chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to
         make a covenant (Exodus 19) [syn: Hebrews, Israelites]