Hebraism Definition

hēbrā-ĭzəm
noun
A word, phrase, grammatical construction, etc. originating in or peculiar to Hebrew.
Webster's New World
The characteristic ethical system, moral attitude, etc. of the Hebrews.
Webster's New World
A linguistic feature typical of Hebrew occurring especially in another language.
American Heritage
The culture, spirit, or character of the Hebrew people.
American Heritage
Judaism.
American Heritage
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Origin of Hebraism

  • From Latin hebraeus (Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (hebraios)) +‎ -ism.

    From Wiktionary

Hebraism Sentence Examples

  • Though the intellectual world of the sages is different from that of the prophetic and legal Hebraism, they do not break with the fundamental Jewish theistic and ethical creeds.

  • It may be used to denote ancient Greek culture in all its phases, and even those elements in modern civilization which are Greek in origin or in spirit; but, while Matthew Arnold made the term popular in the latter connexion as the antithesis of " Hebraism," the German historian 1 For the microscopical characters and for figures of transverse sections of the rhizome, see Lanessan, Hist.

  • The whole book is a queer mixture of Hellenism and Hebraism, in which the same method of allegory is applied to Homer and Hesiod as to Moses.

  • Philo's doctrine is moulded by three forces - Platonism, Stoicism and Hebraism.

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Words Starting With

HHEHEB

Words Ending With

MSMISM

Unscrambles

Hebraism

Words Starting With H and Ending With M

Starts With H & Ends With MStarts With HE & Ends With MStarts With H & Ends With SM

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With H8 Letter Words Ending With M