HEBRAIC


Meaning of HEBRAIC in English

-rāik, -rāēk adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Middle English Ebrayke, from Late Latin Hebraicus, from Greek Hebraikos, from Hebraios, adjective, Hebrew + -ikos -ic — more at hebrew

1. : of, relating to, or characteristic of the Hebrews or of their language, literature, or religion

those early Christians who were of Hebraic blood instead of Greek or Roman — C.J.Bulliet

a Jewish house of worship ought to be … Hebraic — A.R.Katz

2. : characterized by preoccupation with conscience and conduct

was ardently Hebraic, exalting righteousness above love — V.L.Parrington

the Hellenic and the Hebraic ways of looking at God, man, and the universe — Will Herberg

• he·bra·i·cal·ly -āə̇k(ə)lē, -āēk-, -li adverb

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