HEBREW

n. a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew. There came one that had escaped and told Abram the Hebrew. Gen. xiv. 13.

2.
n.

The language of the Hebrews; -- one of the Semitic family of languages.

3.
a.

Of or pertaining to the Hebrews; as, the Hebrew language or rites.

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