Hebraḯs — G1446

Definition

feminine noun

the Hebraistic (Hebrew) or Jewish (Chaldee) language

1. not that however in which the O. T. was written, but the Chaldee , which at the time of Jesus and the apostles had long superseded it in Palestine

Usually translated as

Hebrew

Origin

from G1443

• Ebér (G1443)

Occurrences

Hebraḯs occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (3)

• Acts 21:40 — And 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 (Ἑβραΐδι) tongue, saying,
• Acts 22:2 — (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew (Ἑβραΐδι) tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
• Acts 26:14 — And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew (Ἑβραΐδι) tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.