hebrew
Noun · AdjectiveUS[hee-broo]/ˈhibru/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)hebrews
- the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of IsraelSynonyms: Hebrew languageType of Canaanitic, Canaanitic languageKinds Modern Hebrew, Modern Hebrew language
- a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious tiesSynonyms: JewIsraeliteType of actor, doerKinds Zionist, Conservative Jew, Levite, Sephardi, Orthodox Jew, kike, Pharisee, Wandering Jew, Reform Jew, Zealot +4 moreExamples Jesus, LotMember of Jewry
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Translations
Proper noun language
- Spanish
- hebreo
- French
- hébreu
- German
- Hebräisch
- Italian
- ebraico
- Portuguese
- hebraico
- Turkish
- İbranice
- Russian
- иври́т ivrít
- Arabic
- الْعِبْرِيَّة al-ʕibriyya
- Chinese
- 希伯来语 Xībóláiyǔ
- Japanese
- ヘブライ語 heburaigo
33 more languages
- Dutch
- Hebreeuws
- Polish
- hebrajski
- Swedish
- hebreiska
- Greek
- εβραϊκά evraïká
- Korean
- 히브리어 hibeurieo
- Indonesian
- bahasa Ibrani
- Vietnamese
- tiếng Do Thái
- Hungarian
- héber
- Portuguese (PT)
- hebraico
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 希伯來語 xībóláiyǔ
- Albanian
- hebraisht
- Breton
- hebraeg
- Catalan
- hebreu
- Czech
- hebrejština
- Danish
- hebraisk
- Esperanto
- hebrea
- Estonian
- heebrea keel
- Finnish
- heprea
- Georgian
- ებრაული ენა ebrauli ena
- Hebrew
- עִבְרִית ivrít
- Icelandic
- hebreska
- Kurdish
- îbranî
- Latvian
- ivrits
- Lithuanian
- hebrajų kalba
- Norwegian
- hebraisk
- Romanian
- limba ebraică
- Scottish Gaelic
- Eabhra
- Serbo-Croatian
- hebrejski
- Slovak
- hebrejčina
- Slovenian
- hebrejščina
- Swahili
- Kiebrania
- Welsh
- Hebraeg
- Yiddish
- העברעיִש hebreish
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
He′brew noun
Origin: F. Hébreu, L. Hebraeus, Gr. …, fr. Heb. 'ibhrī.
1. An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew.
There came one that had escaped and told Abram the Hebrew.— Gen. xiv. 13.
2. The language of the Hebrews; — one of the Semitic family of languages.
He′brew adjective
Of or pertaining to the Hebrews; as, the Hebrew language or rites.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
The Devil's Dictionary
HEBREW, n. A male Jew, as distinguished from the Shebrew, an altogether superior creation.