hebrews

2 definitions found

hebrews - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Hebrews
      n 1: 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) [syn: Hebrews, Israelites]
      2: a New Testament book traditionally included among the epistle
         of Saint Paul but now generally considered not to have been
         written by him [syn: Epistle to the Hebrews, Hebrews]

hebrews - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

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