H5680

עִבְרִי

iv.riN:N--PG

Hebrew

Someone descended from Heber (H2268)(?), first mentioned at Gen.14.13 Also named: Hebraios (Ἑβραῖος "Hebrew" G1445) § Hebrew = "one from beyond" n pr 1) a designation of the patriarchs and the Israelites adj 2) a designation of the patriarchs and the Israelites

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. עִבְרִי adjective and name of a people Hebrew, either
a. put into the mouth of foreigners (Egyptian and Philistine), or
b. used to distinguish Israel from foreigners (= one from beyond, from the other side, i.e. probably (in Hebrew tradition) from beyond the Euphrates (compare Josh 24:2; Josh 24:3 E), but possibly in fact (if name given in Cannan) from beyond the Jordan; compare Ges^{«GKC:2b»§ 2b} Sta^{§ 1 b} Kö^{i. 18 ff.} We^{Israel u. Jüd. Geschichte. 7} Kau^{'Eber' and 'Hebräer'} in Ri^{HWB 332; 600}. — On connection of ׳ע (in wide sense) with –abiri (Tel Amarna) see Wkl^{Geschichte. Israel 17 ff.; Semitic Studies in Mem. of Kohut, 605 ff.} EMey^{Aegyptica [Ebers], 75} compare Glaser^{MVG 1897, 255 ff.} Kö^{Exp. Times xi. 238}; opposed to Jastr^{JBL xi (1892), 118 ff.} Say^{Monuments 188; 333} WMM^As.u.Eur.396): — masculine singular ׳ע Gen 39:14 +; feminine singular עִבְרִיָּה Deut 15:12; Jer 34:9 masculine plural עִבְרִים Gen 43:32 +, עִבְרִיִּים Exod 3:18 feminine plural עִבְרִיֹּת Exod 1:15 + 2 t., וֺת- Exod 1:16 word not in P; —

1. adjective a. אִישׁ עִבְרִי Gen 39:14 compare vGen 39:17 (both J), Gen 41:12 (E).
b. אִישׁ בְִרִי Exod 2:11 compare vExod 2:13; Exod 21:2 (all E), Deut 15:12; Jer 34:9; Jer 34:14 feminine Deut 15:12; Jer 34:9.

2. noun a. b. Exod 1:16; Exod 1:19; Exod 2:17 (all feminine) Exod 2:6 (all E), 1Sam 4:6; 1Sam 4:9; 1Sam 13:19; 1Sam 14:11; 1Sam 29:3.
b. Gen 40:15; Exod 1:15 (feminine; both E), 1Sam 13:3; 1Sam 14:21; Gen 43:32 (J); especially in אֱלֹהֵי הָעִבְרִים Exod 3:18; Exod 5:3; Exod 7:16; Exod 9:1; Exod 9:13; Exod 10:3 (all J); singular only ׳אַבְרָם הָע Gen 14:13 אָנֹ֑כִי ׳ע Jonah 1:9. — ᵐ5 Ἐβραῖος, Ἐβραία, Gen 14:13 τῷ περάτῃ. — 1Sam 13:7 read probably for ׳וְעִבְרִים וגו, וְעָֽבְרוּ מַעְבְּרוֺת הַיַּרְדֵּן (We), or, better, וַיַּעַבְרוּ Dr Kit Löhr; > וְעַם רַב Klo Bu HPS.

31 occurrences

Genesis (6), Exodus (14), Deuteronomy (1), I Samuel (7), Jeremiah (2), Jonah (1)