Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hebrews

2 senses of hebrews

Sense 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))
       => ethnic group, ethnos -- (people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture)
       => chosen people -- (any people believing themselves to be chosen by God)

Sense 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)
       INSTANCE OF=> Epistle -- (a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hebrew

2 senses of hebrew

Sense 1
Hebrew -- (the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel)
       => Canaanitic, Canaanitic language -- (a group of Semitic languages)

Sense 2
Jew, Hebrew, Israelite -- (a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties)
       => person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")