Hebraism
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin hebraeus (or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos)) + -ism.
Noun
Hebraism (uncountable)
- A characteristic trait of the Hebrew language. By extension it is sometimes applied to the Jewish people or their faith, national ideology, or culture.
- Bishop Warburton
- The Scripture Greek is observed to be full of Syriasms and Hebraisms.
- Bishop Warburton
- (rhetoric) Excessive use of expressions derived from Hebrew.
Coordinate terms
- (foreignisms) foreignism; Akkadianism / Akkadism, Americanism, Amharism, Anglicism, Arabism, Aramaism, Armenism, Australianism, Batavism, Belorussianism, Bengalism, Briticism, Bulgarism, Catalanism, Church Slavicism / Church Slavonicism / Slavonicism, Croatism, Czechism / Bohemianism, Gallicism / Frenchism, Germanism / Teutonism, Grecism / Hellenism, Hebraism, Hispanism / Hispanicism / Castilianism, Hungarianism / Magyarism, Indianism, Iranianism, Irishism, Italianism / Italicism, Japanism, Kazakhism, Latinism, Macedonianism, Mandaism, Moravianism, New Zealandism, Persianism, Polonism, Portuguesism, Russianism, Scotticism, Serbism, Serbo-Croatism, Sinicism, Slavism, Slovenism / Pannonianism, Sumerianism / Sumerism, Syriacism, Turkism, Ukrainism / Ukrainianism, Uzbekism, Yiddishism
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