LOGOI

The corpus record

Ἑβραῖος

*ebraios

Hebrew, a Hebrew, Hebrew

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What it meant — LSJ

Hebrew, a Hebrew, Hebrew, speak Hebrew, in the Hebrew tongue

Hebrew: and as Subst., a Hebrew, 2 Ep.Cor. 11.22, Paus. 1.5.5, App. BC 2.71; Ἑ. ἐξ Ἑβραίων Ep.Phil. 3.5, etc.; opp. Ἑλληνιστής, a Jew who used the Hebrew (Aramaic) language, Act.Ap. 6.1:—Adj. Ἑβραϊκός, ή, όν, Hebrew, γράμματα Ev.Luc. 23.38 (s.v.l.):—fem. Ἑβραΐς, ίδος, διάλεκτος Act.Ap. 21.40; γυναῖκες J. AJ 2.9.5:—Verb Ἑβραΐζω, speak Hebrew, Id. BJ 6.2.1:—Adv. Ἑβραϊστί, in the Hebrew tongue, LXX Si.prol., Ev.Jo. 19.20, etc.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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