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3 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Hebrews n : (Old Testament) 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}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Hebrews (Acts 6:1) were the Hebrew-speaking Jews, as distinguished from those who spoke Greek. (See {GREEKS}.) From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Hebrews, descendants of Heber
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