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Hebrews

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Acts 6:1) were the Hebrew-speaking Jews, as distinguished from those who spoke Greek. (See [266]GREEKS.)

Hebrew

Nave's Topical Bible

A word supposed to be a corruption of the name of Eber, who was an ancestor of Abraham Genesis 10:24 Genesis 11:14 - 26 See GENEALOGY Applied to Abraham Genesis 14:13 And his descendants Genesis...

Hebrew

Smith's Bible Dictionary

This word first occurs as given to Abram by the Canaanites, (Genesis 4:13) because he had crossed the Euphrates. The name is also derived from Eber, "beyond, on the other side," Abraham and his...

Hebrew

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A name applied to the Israelites in Scripture only by one who is a foreigner (Gen 39:14, 17; 41:12; etc.), or by the Israelites when they speak of themselves to foreigners (40:15; Ex 1:19), or when...

Hebrew of the Hebrews

Easton's Bible Dictionary

One whose parents are both Hebrews (Phil 3:5; 2 Cor 11:22); a genuine Hebrew.

Hebrews, Epistle to

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) Its canonicity. All the results of critical and historical research to which this epistle has been specially subjected abundantly vindicate its right to a place in the New Testament canon...

Hebrew language

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The language of the Hebrew nation, and that in which the Old Testament is written, with the exception of a few portions in Chaldee. In the Old Testament it is only spoken of as "Jewish" (2 Kings...

Hebrews, Epistle To The

Smith's Bible Dictionary

+ The author--There has been a wide difference of opinion respecting the authorship of this epistle. For many years Paul was considered the author; others think it may have been Luke, Barnabas, or...

Hebrew Language

Smith's Bible Dictionary

The books of the Old Testament are written almost entirely in the Hebrew language. It is a branch of the Shemitic language, one of the three great divisions into which all languages have been...

Hebrew Poetry

Smith's Bible Dictionary

+ Lyrical poetry .--Of the three kinds of poetry which are illustrated by the Hebrew literature, the lyric occupies the foremost place. That literature abounds with illustrations of all forms of...

Musical Instruments Of The Hebrews

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(There has been great obscurity as to the instruments of music in use among the Hebrews, but the discoveries on the monuments of Egypt and Assyria have thrown much light upon the form and nature of...