Topic
Hebrew
28 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 10:24Easton · Smith · Nave A word supposed to be a corruption of the name of Eber, who was an ancestor of Abraham
And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
- Genesis 14:13Easton · Nave Applied to — Abraham
¶ And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
- Genesis 39:14Easton · Nave Applied to — And his descendants
That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
- Genesis 43:32Easton · Nave Applied to — And his descendants
And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
- Deuteronomy 15:12Easton · Nave Applied to — And his descendants
¶ And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
- Acts 6:1Easton · Nave Applied to — And his descendants
And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
- Philippians 3:5Easton · Nave Applied to — And his descendants
Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
- Genesis 4:13Smith
And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
- Genesis 11:14–26Nave A word supposed to be a corruption of the name of Eber, who was an ancestor of Abraham
And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty…
- Genesis 39:17Easton
And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
- Genesis 40:15Nave Applied to — And his descendants
For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
- Genesis 41:12Easton
And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
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- Exodus 1:3 Easton
- Exodus 1:7 Easton
- Exodus 1:15 Easton
- Exodus 1:19 Easton
- Exodus 2:6 Nave Applied to — And his descendants
- 1 Samuel 4:9 Nave Applied to — And his descendants
- 1 Samuel 29:3 Nave Applied to — And his descendants
- Jonah 1:9 Nave Applied to — And his descendants
- John 5:2 Nave Used to denote the language (Aramaic) of the Jews
- John 19:20 Nave Used to denote the language (Aramaic) of the Jews
- Acts 21:40 Nave Used to denote the language (Aramaic) of the Jews
- Acts 22:2 Nave Used to denote the language (Aramaic) of the Jews
- Acts 26:14 Nave Used to denote the language (Aramaic) of the Jews
- 2 Corinthians 11:22 Nave Applied to — And his descendants
- Hebrews 11:13 Easton
- Revelation 9:11 Nave Used to denote the language (Aramaic) of the Jews
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 16 references
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 spoken of an contrasted with other peoples (Gen. 43:32; Ex. 1:3, 7, 15; Deut. 15:12). In the New Testament there is the same contrast between Hebrews and foreigners (Acts 6:1; Phil. 3:5).
Derivation. (1.) The name is derived, according to some, from Eber (Gen. 10:24), the ancestor of Abraham. The Hebrews are “sons of Eber” (10:21).
(2.) Others trace the name of a Hebrew root-word signifying “to pass over,” and hence regard it as meaning “the man who passed over,” viz., the Euphrates; or to the Hebrew word meaning “the region” or “country beyond,” viz., the land of Chaldea. This latter view is preferred. It is the more probable origin of the designation given to Abraham coming among the Canaanites as a man from beyond the Euphrates (Gen. 14:13).
(3.) A third derivation of the word has been suggested, viz., that it is from the Hebrew word ’abhar, “to pass over,” whence ’ebher, in the sense of a “sojourner” or “passer through” as distinct from a “settler” in the land, and thus applies to the condition of Abraham (Heb. 11:13).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 2 references
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 20 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.