What does Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos) mean in the Bible?
e. Hebrew) or Jew".
Greek · G1445
Ἑβραῖος
A Hebræan (i.e. Hebrew) or Jew
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Ἑβραῖος G1445
Pronunciation Hebraîos
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 It Hebrews 2× 2 Corinthians 11:22, Philippians 3:5
a Hebrew 1× 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 row Acts 6:1
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Acts 1 2 Corinthians 1 Philippians 2
Source forms
Ἑβραῖοί 1x Hebraioi 2 Corinthians 11:22
Ἑβραῖος 1x Hebraios Philippians 3:5
Ἑβραίους 1x Hebraious Acts 6:1
Ἑβραίων 1x Hebraiōn Philippians 3:5
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 6:1
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Philippians 3:5
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x 2 Corinthians 11:22
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Philippians 3:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a Hebræan (i.e. Hebrew) or Jew
Strong's G1445
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 4 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a Hebræan (i.e. Hebrew) or Jew
Extended definition
:--Hebrew.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 6:1 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
Ἑβραίους, ebraiouv
a Hebrew
Read verse 2 Corinthians 11:22 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
Ἑβραῖοί ebraioi
a Hebrew
Read verse Philippians 3:5 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
Ἑβραῖος ebraiov
a Hebrew
Read verse Philippians 3:5 Adjective 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 patterns 4 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine 2 Cor 11:22 1×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Phil 3:5 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Phil 3:5 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Acts 6:1 1×
Word Origins
Ἑβραῖος is built from this root:
Ἐβέρ G1443
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain