Hebrews
['hi:bru:z]
Definition
(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).
Checker: Sumner--From WordNet
Examples
- But the nature and position of their land was against the Hebrews, and their first king Saul was no more successful than their judges. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It cannot be said that the promised land was ever completely in the grasp of the Hebrews. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, 'What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Egyptians, the Hebrews and the Chinese, and Oriental nations generally had locks and keys of ponderous size. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The moral teaching of the Hebrews was saturated by such ideas. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This was the psaltery and the dulcimer of the Assyrians and the Hebrews. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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