Hebrew
ἙβραϊστίStrong’s G1447Hebraisti
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hebraisti is the Greek word usually translated “hebrew”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.”
Meaning
Usually translated “hebrew”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- in hebrew 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 4
- Revelation 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- John 19:13When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
- John 19:17And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
- John 19:20This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
- Revelation 9:11And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
- Revelation 16:16And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Greek dictionary
Ἑβραϊστί Hebraisti · Hebrew
Ἑβραϊστί (WH, Ἐβ-), adv., [in LXX: Si prol. 13 * ;] in Hebrew: Rev.9:11; elsewhere, in Aramaic (see supr.): Jhn.5:2 19:13, 17, 20 20:16, Rev.16:16.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hebrew” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HE'BREW, noun
[Heb. Eber, either a proper name, or a name denoting passage, pilgrimage, or coming from beyond the Euphrates.]
- The hebrew language.
All definitions and other forms of “hebrew”
HE'BREW, adjective
Pertaining to the Hebrews; as the hebrew language or rites.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.