α, ον, hébreu ; οἱ Ἑϐραῖοι, les Hébreux, PAUS. 1, 5, 5 ; APP. Civ. 2, 71 ; etc.

α, ον, Hebrew; and as Subst., a Hebrew, 2 Ep. Cor. 11.22, Paus. 1.5.5, App. BC 2.71; Ἑ. ἐξ Ἑβραίων Ep. Phil. 3.5, etc. ; opp. Ἑλληνιστής, a Jew who used the Hebrew (Aramaic) language, Act. Ap. 6.1; — Adj. Ἑβραϊκός, ή, όν, Hebrew, γράμματα Ev. Luc. 23.38 (s.v.l.); — fem. Ἑβραΐς, ίδος, διάλεκτος Act. Ap. 21.40; γυναῖκες J. AJ 2.9.5; — Verb Ἑβραΐζω, speak Hebrew, Id. BJ 6.2.1; — Adv. Ἑβραϊστί, in the Hebrew tongue, LXX Si. prol., Ev. Jo. 19.20, etc.

Ἑβραῖος (WH, Ἐβ-), -α, -ον (Aram, עִבְרַי), as subst., ὁ Ἑ.,
[in LXX for עֵבֶר, עִבְרִי ;]
a Hebrew.
__1. In OT, of Israelites in contrast with those of another race (Gen.14:13, Exo.1:15, Deu.15:12, al.).
__2. In NT as the correlative of Ἑλληνιστής, a Jew who had adopted, in greater or less degree, Greek culture and Greek language. The distinction was not merely linguistic (DB, ii, 325); as far as it was so, Συριστής would be a more correct Greek term for the Jew of Semitic speech (see: Ἑβραΐς, and cf. Dalman, Words, 7): Act.6:1, 2Co.11:22, Php.3:5.
† (AS)