1. (noun) 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)

• israelites

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

• epistle to the hebrews

1. (noun) 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)

• chosen people
• ethnic group
• ethnos

1. (noun) 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)

• old testament