Hebrew
עִבְרִיStrong’s H5680ivri (iv-ri)
Appears in 32 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ivri is the Hebrew word usually translated “hebrews” and “hebrew”. It appears in 32 verses of the Old Testament.
“And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.”
Meaning
- A designation of the patriarchs and the Israelites
- A designation of the patriarchs and the Israelites
How it's translated
- the hebrews 14
- hebrew 8
- the hebrew 5
- a hebrew 3
- and hebrews 1
- hebrews 1
- and the hebrews 1
- and hebrew 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 14
- 1 Samuel 8
- Genesis 6
- Jeremiah 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- Jonah 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 39:14That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
- Genesis 39:17And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
- Genesis 40:15For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
- Genesis 41:12And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
- Genesis 43:32And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
- Exodus 1:15And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
Hebrew dictionary
עִבְרִי ivri · Hebrew
Someone descended from Heber (H2268)(?), first mentioned at Gen.14.13 Also named: Hebraios (Ἑβραῖος "Hebrew" G1445) § Hebrew = "one from beyond" n pr 1) a designation of the patriarchs and the Israelites adj 2) a designation of the patriarchs and the Israelites
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.