Meanings
plural Hebraisms · alternative hebraism · alternative archaic Hebraïsm
- countablerhetoricuncountableA characteristic trait of the Hebrew language. By extension it is sometimes applied to the Jewish people or their faith, national ideology, or culture.
The Scripture Greek is observed to be full of Syriasms and Hebraisms.
1762, William Warburton, The Doctrine of Grace1 more example
Who, in reading this magnificent Hebraism, in his conception, sees aught but the heroic son of Nun, with the outstretched arm, and the greater and lesser light obsequious?
1833, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “Barrenness of the Imaginative Faculty in the Productions of Modern Art”, in The Last Essays of Elia. […], London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 177Synonyms: Hebraicism
- countablerhetoricuncountableExcessive use of expressions derived from Hebrew.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA characteristic trait of the Hebrew language. By extension it is sometimes applied to the Jewish people or their faith, national ideology, or culture.
More synonyms by meaning
nounJews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- LatinHebraismus
- Middle Frenchhebraisme
- EnglishHebraism
From Middle French hebraisme or Latin Hebraismus; equivalent to Hebra- + -ism.
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Hebraism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hebraism
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