Israelite

plural Israelites

1. A native or inhabitant of

   Papponymy is not documented among Israelites. The only exception, Tahat son of 'Elyada' son of Tahat is doubtful and is not a papponymy sensu stricto.

   1988, Ran Zadok, The Pre-Hellenistic Israelite Anthroponymy and Prosopography, →ISBN

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   Celesliall brightnesse ceazed on his face, That did the wondring Israelites amaze, When he returned from that souereigne place, His browes encireled with splendidious rayes.

   1627, Michael Drayton, “Moses his birth and miracles”, in The Muses Elizium lately discouered, page 173

   The token of God is upon him, let him now, by his own profession of faith, acknowledge it, as God's token, bringing him under the responsibilities and blessings of the covenant, and he will be received, unquestionably, as "an Israelite indeed."

   1844, William Augustus Stearns, Infant Church-membership, page 153

2. A native or inhabitant of (i) the united nation of ancient Israel (under the Judges, and then kings Saul, David and Solomon), or (ii) the later ancient northern kingdom centered in Samaria, distinct from the kingdom of Judah centered in Jerusalem.
   1. the united nation of ancient Israel (under the Judges, and then kings Saul, David and Solomon), or
   2. the later ancient northern kingdom centered in Samaria, distinct from the kingdom of Judah centered in Jerusalem.
3. A member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel and a descendant of Jacob.
4. A member of the Jewish people who is neither a cohen nor a Levite.
5. historicalA club used as a weapon by the Circumcellions.

1. not comparableOf or pertaining to the ancient nation(s) of Israel or its inhabitants.
2. not comparablerareOf or pertaining to the descendants of the patriarch Jacob.