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Webster 1913 Edition

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.

Adj.

Of or pertaining to the Hebrews;

as, the

Hebrew

language or rites

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.

Adj.

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