Hebraism

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin hebraeus (or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos)) +‎ -ism.

Noun

Hebraism (uncountable)

1. 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.

2. (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

Translations

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Translations to be checked

• Czech: hebraismus m
• French: hébraïsme (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Hebraismus (de) m
• Greek: εβραϊσμός (el) (evraïsmós)

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