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Webster 1913 Edition

Ebionite

E′bi-o-nite

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Noun.
[Heb.
ebyonīm
poor people.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of a sect of heretics, in the first centuries of the church, whose doctrine was a mixture of Judaism and Christianity. They denied the divinity of Christ, regarding him as an inspired messenger, and rejected much of the New Testament.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ebionite

EB'IONITE

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Noun.
The ebionites were heretics who denied the divinity of Christ and rejected many parts of the scriptures.

Definition 2024

Ebionite

Ebionite

English

Noun

Ebionite ‎(plural Ebionites)

  1. A member of the Ebionites, an early Jewish Christian sect that lived in and around Judea and Palestine from the 1st to the 4th century.

Etymology

Ancient Greek Ἐβιωναῖοι ‎(Ebiōnaîoi), from Hebrew אביונים ‎(Ebyonim, “the Poor Ones”)

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