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Webster 1913 Edition

Hebrew

He′brew

Noun.

[F.

Hébreu

, L.

Hebraeus

, Gr. [GREEK], fr. Heb.

’ibhrī

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.

The language of the Hebrews; – one of the Semitic family of languages.

He′brew

Adj.

Of or pertaining to the Hebrews;

as, the

Hebrew

language or rites

Webster 1828 Edition

Hebrew

HE'BREW

Noun.

[Heb. Eber, either a proper name, or a name denoting passage, pilgrimage, or coming from beyond the Euphrates.]

One of the descendants of Eber, or Heber; but particularly, a descendant of Jacob, who was a descendant of Eber; an Israelite; a Jew.

The Hebrew language.

HE'BREW

Adj.

Pertaining to the Hebrews; as the Hebrew language or rites.

Definition 2024

Hebrew

English

Alternative forms

Ebrew (obsolete)

Adjective

Hebrew ‎(not comparable)

Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.

Synonyms

Hebraic

Translations

pertaining to the people

Arabic: عِبْرِيّ ‎(ʿibriyy)
Armenian: հրեական (hy) ‎(hreakan), եբրայական (hy) ‎(ebrayakan)
Asturian: hebréu (ast), hebraicu (ast)
Basque: hebrear
Catalan: hebreu (ca), hebraic
Chinese:
Mandarin: 希伯來人 (zh), 希伯来人 (zh) ‎(xībóláirén), 希伯來 (zh), 希伯来 (zh) ‎(xībólái)
Czech: hebrejský (cs) m
Dutch: Hebreeuws (nl)
Esperanto: hebrea (eo)
Estonian: heebrealane
Finnish: heprealainen (fi)
French: hébreu (fr), hébraïque (fr)
Galician: hebraico
German: hebräisch (de)
Greek: εβραϊκός (el) ‎(evraïkós)
Hebrew: עִבְרִי (he) ‎(ivrí)

Hungarian: héber (hu)
Istriot: abrieo
Italian: ebraico (it), ebreo (it)
Japanese: ヘブライ ‎(heburai)
Latin: hebraeus
Malay: orang Ibrani, Ibrani
Norwegian: hebraisk (no)
Persian: عبری (fa) ‎('ebri)
Polish: hebrajski (pl)
Portuguese: hebraico (pt)
Romanian: evreiesc (ro)
Russian: евре́йский (ru) ‎(jevréjskij)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: хебрејски m

Roman: hebrejski (sh) m
Slovak: hebrejský (sk) m
Spanish: hebreo (es)
Swedish: hebreisk
Vietnamese: (thuộc) người Do thái, Do thái
Volapük: hebreyanik

pertaining to the language

Arabic: عِبْرِيّ ‎(ʿibriyy)
Egyptian Arabic: عبري ‎(ʿebri)
Armenian: եբրայերեն (hy) ‎(ebrayeren), հրեերեն (hy) ‎(hreeren)
Asturian: hebréu (ast), hebraic (ast)
Basque: hebrear
Catalan: hebreu (ca), hebraic
Chinese:

Cantonese: 希伯來語 ‎(hei¹ baak³ loi⁴ jyu⁵)

Mandarin: 希伯來語 (zh), 希伯来语 (zh) ‎(xībóláiyǔ), 希伯來 (zh), 希伯来 (zh) ‎(xībólái)
Czech: hebrejský (cs) m
Danish: hebraisk, hebræisk
Esperanto: hebrea (eo)
Estonian: heebreakeelne
Finnish: hepreankielinen (fi)
French: hébreu (fr), hébraïque (fr)
Galician: hebraico
German: hebräisch (de)
Greek: εβραϊκός (el) ‎(evraïkós)
Greenlandic: Hebræerisut (kl)
Hebrew: עִבְרִי (he) ‎(ivrí)

Hungarian: héber (hu)
Icelandic: hebreskur (is)
Italian: ebraico (it)
Japanese: ヘブライ ‎(heburai)
Latin: hebraeus
Malay: bahasa Ibrani, Ibrani
Norwegian: hebraisk (no)
Persian: عبری (fa) ‎('ebri)
Polish: hebrajski (pl)
Portuguese: hebraico (pt)
Romanian: ebraic (ro)
Russian: евре́йский (ru) ‎(jevréjskij), иври́тский (ru) ‎(ivrítskij)
Scottish Gaelic: Eabhrais f, Eabhra f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: хебрејски, јеврејски, хибру, ивритски

Roman: hebrejski (sh), jevrejski (sh), hibru, ivritski
Slovak: hebrejský (sk) m
Spanish: hebreo (es)
Swedish: hebreisk, hebreiskspråkig
Vietnamese: (thuộc) tiếng Do thái, Do thái
Volapük: Hebreyapükik, hebreyik (vo)
Yiddish: העברעיִש ‎(hebreish), עבֿרי ‎(ivri)

Jewish — see Jewish

Yiddish — see Yiddish

Noun

Hebrew ‎(plural Hebrews)

A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Eber.

Derived terms

Translations

person

Arabic: عِبْرِيّ m ‎(ʿibriyy), عِبْرِيَّة (ar) f ‎(ʿibriyya)
Armenian: եբրայեցի ‎(ebrayecʿi), հրեա ‎(hrea)
Basque: hebrear
Catalan: hebreu (ca) m, hebrea (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 希伯來人 (zh), 希伯来人 (zh) ‎(xībóláirén)
Dutch: Hebreeër (nl) m, Hebreeërs (nl), Hebreeuwse (nl), Hebreïnne f, Hebreeuwsen
Esperanto: hebreo
Estonian: heebrealane
Finnish: heprealainen (fi)
French: Hébreu (fr) m
German: Hebräer (de) m, Hebräerin f
Greek: Εβραίος (el) m ‎(Evraíos), Εβραία (el) f ‎(Evraía)
Hebrew: עִבְרִי (he) m ‎(ivrí), עִבְרִים m pl ‎(ivrím), עִבְרִיָּה f ‎(ivriyá), עִבְרִיּוֹת f pl ‎(ivriyót)
Hungarian: héber (hu)
Indonesian: orang Ibrani
Interlingua: hebreo
Irish: (♂♀) Eabhrach

Italian: ebreo (it) m
Japanese: ヘブライ ‎(heburai)
Korean: 유대인 (ko) ‎(yudaein), 히브리인 ‎(hibeuriin)
Latin: hebraeus
Malay: orang Ibrani, Ibrani
Norwegian: hebraer m
Persian: عبری (fa) ‎('ebri)
Polish: Hebrajczyk m pers, Hebrajka f
Portuguese: hebreu (pt) m, hebraico (pt) m, hebreia (pt) f, hebraica f
Romanian: evreu (ro) m, evreică (ro) f
Russian: евре́й (ru) m ‎(jevréj)
Scottish Gaelic: (♂♀) Eabhrach
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: Хебреј m

Roman: Hebrej m
Slovak: Hebrej m, Hebrejka f
Spanish: hebreo (es) m
Swedish: hebré
Vietnamese: người Do thái
Volapük: (♂♀) hebreyan (vo), (♂) hihebreyan, (♀) jihebreyan

Jew — see Jew

Jewish — see Jewish

Yiddish — see Yiddish

Proper noun

Hebrew

The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.
The writing system used in Hebrew language.

Derived terms

Biblical Hebrew

Translations

language — See also translations at : Biblical Hebrew

Albanian: gjuha hebraike (sq)
Arabic: الْعِبْرِيَّةُ f ‎(al-ʿibriyyatu), الْيَهُودِيَّةُ f ‎(al-yahūdiyyatu)
Egyptian Arabic: عبري m ‎(ʿebri)
Armenian: եբրայերեն (hy) ‎(ebrayeren), հրեերեն (hy) ‎(hreeren), իվրիտ ‎(ivrit) (Modern Hebrew)
Asturian: hebréu (ast) m
Azeri: İvrit dili (az)
Basque: hebreera (eu)
Belarusian: іўры́т m ‎(iŭrýt)
Bulgarian: иври́т m ‎(ivrít), староевре́йски ези́к m ‎(staroevréjski ezík) (Biblical Hebrew)
Catalan: hebreu (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 希伯來語 (zh), 希伯来语 (zh) ‎(xībóláiyǔ)
Crimean Tatar: İbrani tili
Czech: hebrejština (cs) f
Danish: hebraisk
Dutch: Hebreeuws (nl) n
Esperanto: hebreo
Estonian: heebrea keel
Finnish: heprea (fi), heprean kieli
French: hébreu (fr) m
Galician: hebreo (gl) m, hebraico
Georgian: ებრაული ენა ‎(ebrauli ena), ებრაული (ka) ‎(ebrauli)
German: Hebräisch (de) n
Greek: εβραϊκά (el) n pl ‎(evraïká)
Greenlandic: Hebraimiutut
Hebrew: עִבְרִית (he) f ‎(ivrít)
Hindi: इब्रानी (hi) m ‎(ibrānī)
Hungarian: héber (hu)
Icelandic: Hebreska
Indonesian: ibrani, bahasa Ibrani (id)
Interlingua: hebreo

Irish: Eabhrais f
Italian: ebraico (it) m
Japanese: ヘブライ語 (ja) ‎(heburai-go)
Korean: 히브리어 (ko) ‎(hibeurieo)
Latin: hebraeus
Malay: bahasa Ibrani, Ibrani
Navajo: Hííbwoo bizaad
Norman: Hébreu m
Norwegian:

Bokmål: hebraisk (no) m

Nynorsk: hebraisk m
Polish: hebrajski (pl)
Portuguese: hebraico (pt) m, hebreu (pt) m
Romanian: limba ebraică f, ebraică (ro) f
Russian: иври́т (ru) m ‎(ivrít) (especially Modern Hebrew), евре́йский язы́к m ‎(jevréjskij jazýk), древнеевре́йский язы́к m ‎(drevnejevréjskij jazýk) (Biblical Hebrew)
Scottish Gaelic: Eabhra f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: хебрејски, јеврејски, хибру, иврит m

Roman: hebrejski (sh), jevrejski (sh), hibru, ivrit (sh) m
Sinhalese: හේබ්‍රෙව් භාෂාව ‎(hēb‍rev bhāṣāva)
Slovak: hebrejčina (sk) f
Spanish: hebreo (es) m
Swedish: hebreiska (sv) c
Thai: ภาษาฮิบรู ‎(paa-săa híp-roo)
Turkish: İbranice (tr)
Ukrainian: іври́т (uk) m ‎(ivrýt), староєвре́йська мо́ва f ‎(starojevréjsʹka móva) (Biblical Hebrew)
Urdu: عبرانی m ‎(ibrānī)
Vietnamese: tiếng Hê-brơ (vi), tiếng Do Thái (vi)
Volapük: Hebreyapük, hebrey (vo)
Yiddish: העברעיִש n ‎(hebreish), לשון־קודש n ‎(loshn-koydesh), עבֿרי ‎(ivri)

Yiddish — see Yiddish

Jewish — see Jewish

Hyponyms

Ivrit

References

“Hebrew” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
“Hebrew” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
"Hebrew" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

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Hebrew

HE'BREW

HE'BREW

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