What does Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos) mean in the Bible?
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Greek · G1445
Ἑβραῖος
A Hebræan (i.e. Hebrew) or Jew
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ἙβραῖοςG1445
PronunciationHebraîos
What does Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos) mean in the Bible?
Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos) is a Greek word meaning "a Hebræan (i.e. Hebrew) or Jew".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1445?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Hebrews (2), a Hebrew (1), Hebraic [Jews] (1).
Where does Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 6:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Philippians (2), 2 Corinthians (1), Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders ItHebrews2×2 Corinthians 11:22, Philippians 3:5
a Hebrew1×Philippians 3:5
Hebraic [Jews]1×Acts 6:1
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 6:1
Aligned rows4
Books represented3
Acts12 Corinthians1Philippians2
Source forms
Ἑβραῖοί1xHebraioi2 Corinthians 11:22
Ἑβραῖος1xHebraiosPhilippians 3:5
Ἑβραίους1xHebraiousActs 6:1
Ἑβραίων1xHebraiōnPhilippians 3:5
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural1xActs 6:1
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural1xPhilippians 3:5
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural1x2 Corinthians 11:22
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular1xPhilippians 3:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a Hebræan (i.e. Hebrew) or Jew
Strong'sG1445
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms4 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a Hebræan (i.e. Hebrew) or Jew
Extended definition
:--Hebrew.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 6:1Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
Ἑβραίους,ebraiouv
a Hebrew
Read verse2 Corinthians 11:22Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
Ἑβραῖοίebraioi
a Hebrew
Read versePhilippians 3:5Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
Ἑβραῖοςebraiov
a Hebrew
Read versePhilippians 3:5Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
Ἑβραίων,ebraiwn
a Hebrew
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns4Aligned forms4Case patternNominative (2)Number patternPlural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine2 Cor 11:221×
Nominative · Singular · MasculinePhil 3:51×
Genitive · Plural · MasculinePhil 3:51×
Accusative · Plural · MasculineActs 6:11×
Word Origins
Ἑβραῖος is built from this root:
ἘβέρG1443