Quick Definition
Ἑβραῖος, ου, ὁ Adj a Hebrew
Strong's Definition
from 1443; a Hebræan (i.e. Hebrew) or Jew
KJV Usage: Hebrew
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Ἑβραῖος Hebraios 4x
a Hebrew, one descended from Abraham the Hebrew, 2 Cor. 11:22; Phil. 3:5; in NT, a Jew of Palestine, one speaking Aramaic, opp. to Ἑλληνιστής, Acts 6:1*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† Ἑβραῖος (WH, Ἐβ-), -α, -ον (Aram, עִבְרַי), as subst., ὁ Ἑ.,
[in LXX for עֵבֶר, עִבְרִי ;]
a Hebrew. In OT, of Israelites in contrast with those of another race (Ge 14:13, Ex 1:15, De 15:12, al.).
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 (v.s. Ἑβραΐς, and cf. Dalman, Words, 7): Ac 6:1, II Co 11:22, Phl 3:5.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
᾿Εβραῖος. While ’E, (on the breathing, see WH 7,2γ.2. § 408) came to be applied to a Greek-speaking Jew with little or no knowledge of Hebrew, such as Philo (Eus. HZ ii. 4. 2) or Aristobulus (Praep. Evang. xiii. 11. 2), the word strictly denotes a Hebrew- or Aramaic-speaking Jew, and is used by Paul in Phil 3°’. ἐξ "EBpatwv to emphasize the purity of his descent: see Kennedy 2G7 ad /., and as further elucidating the full force of the ἐκ cf. OG7S go! (the Rosetta stone —B.C. 196) where Ptolemy V. is described as ὑπάρχων θεὸς ἐκ θεοῦ καὶ θεᾶς. As illustrating Ac 184 Deissmann (LAE p. 13f.) refers to an interesting inscription found in Corinth — συνα]γωγὴ ’“EBp[atwy, and compares a similar Roman ἴηβογ. --- συναγωγὴ Αἰβρέων (Schiirer Gesch.? ili. p. 46): he does not, however, think that Ἑβραῖοι means Hebrew-speaking Jews. Wiinsch (4 p. 6) cites an invocation against evil spirits from the great Paris magical papyrus which begins—*® ὁρκίζω σε κατὰ Tod θεοῦ τῶν “Ἑβραίων ᾿Ιησοῦ Ἴαβα Ian ABpaw8, and ἐπ: .---ἴθ85 6 γὰρ λόγος ἐστὶν ἑβραϊκὸς καὶ φυλασσόμενος παρὰ καθαροῖς ἀνδράσιν.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
Ἑβραῖος (Hebraios) — Hebrew. “Hebrew”: and as substantive, a Hebrew, [NT+2nd c.AD+]:— adjective Ἑβραϊκός, ή, όν, [NT]:—feminine Ἑβραΐς, ίδος, διάλεκτος [NT+1st c.AD+]:—Verb Ἑβραΐζω, speak Hebrew, [Refs]:— adverb Ἑβραϊστί, in the Hebrew tongue, LXX Si.prol., [NT]