Strong G1446Ἑβραΐς
Hebrew
- Transliteration
- Hebrais
- Pronunciation
- heb-rah-is'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G1443; the Hebraistic (that is Hebrew) or Jewish (Chaldee) language: - Hebrew.
Meaning of the name
Aramaic, Hebrew dialect
Detailed definition
Ἑβραΐς (WH, Ἐβ-), -ίδος (Aram. עִבְרַי), peculiar form of Ἑβραϊκός,
[in LXX, ἡ Ἑ. φωνή, 4Ma.12:7 16:15 *;]
in NT, ἡ Ἑ. διάλεκτος, Hebrew, i.e. the Aramaic vernacular of Palestine: Act.21:40 22:2 26:14.†
(AS)
[in LXX, ἡ Ἑ. φωνή, 4Ma.12:7 16:15 *;]
in NT, ἡ Ἑ. διάλεκτος, Hebrew, i.e. the Aramaic vernacular of Palestine: Act.21:40 22:2 26:14.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Aramaic
Semitic languages used in the Bible and ancient Near East
Aramaic and Hebrew are Semitic languages used in various passages of the Bible, with Hebrew being the primary language of the Old Testament and Aramaic appearing in some later texts.
In the Bible
Strong G1446 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hebrew3
First verses
- Acts 21:40And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
- Acts 22:2(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
- Acts 26:14And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
“Hebrew”: and as substantive, a Hebrew, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.2Cor.11.22, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.5.5, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 2.71; Ἑ. ἐξ Ἑβραίων NT.Philp.3.5, etc.; opposed to Ἑλληνιστής, a Jew who used the Hebrew (from Aramaic) language, NT. _active_ 6.1)]:— adjective Ἑβραϊκός, ή, όν, [NT (“Hebrew”, γράμματα NT.Luke.23.38 (assuming variant))]:—feminine Ἑβραΐς, ίδος, διάλεκτος [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT. _active_ 21.40; γυναῖκες 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 2.9.5)]:—Verb Ἑβραΐζω, speak Hebrew, [Refs ([prev. author] “BJ” 6.2.1)]:— adverb Ἑβραϊστί, in the Hebrew tongue, LXX Si.prol., [NT (NT.John.19.20, etc.)]