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Hebrews

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Noun

1. hebrews, israelites

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)

2. epistle to the hebrews, hebrews

a New Testament book traditionally included among the epistle of Saint Paul but now generally considered not to have been written by him

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hebrews

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noun
(functioning as singular)
a book of the New Testament

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Hebrews

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noun
a book of the New Testament, a letter of undetermined authorship to the Hebrews
abbrev. He or Heb

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Hebrews

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n.
1.
a. A member of an ancient Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; an Israelite.
b. A descendant of this people; a Jew.
2.
a. The Semitic language of the ancient Hebrews.
b. Any of the various later forms of this language, especially the language of the Israelis.
3. Hebrews (used with a sing. verb) See Table at Bible.

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