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A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge. A Daniel come to judgment. Shak.

h is no longer spoken or in common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. -- Dead letter. (a) A letter which, after lying for a certain fixed time uncalled for at the post office to which it was directed, is then sent to the general post office to be opened. (b) That which has…

Hebrew. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One of the principal names by which God is designated in the Hebrew Scriptures.

A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer.

igure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., "Are they Hebrews so am I. Are they Israelites so am I." 2 Cor. xi. 22.

The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qipod, which in the "Authorized Version" is translated bittern, and in the Revised Version, porcupine. I will make it [Babylon] a possession for the ericius and pools of waters. Is. xiv. 23 (Douay version).

To bring from far; to seek out studiously. [Obs.] To farfetch the name of Tartar from a Hebrew word. Fuller.

A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of Nigella sativa, still used as a flavoring in the East. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads spelt.

A Hebrew measure. See Homer.

The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the Midrash. See Midrash.

Of or pertaining to the Hebrews, or to the language of the Hebrews.

After the manner of the Hebrews or of the Hebrew language.

A Hebrew idiom or custom; a peculiar expression or manner of speaking in the Hebrew language. Addison.

One versed in the Hebrew language and learning.

Pertaining to, or resembling, the Hebrew language or idiom.

To convert into the Hebrew idiom; to make Hebrew or Hebraistic. J. R. Smith.

The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades. He descended into hell. Book of Common Prayer. Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell. Ps. xvi. 10.

A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing three quarts, one pint, one gill, English measure. W. H. Ward.

A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts. [Written also chomer, gomer.]