Hebraism

English

Etymology

From Latin hebraeus (or Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos)) +‎ -ism.

Noun

Hebraism (uncountable)

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.
(rhetoric) Excessive use of expressions derived from Hebrew.

Coordinate terms

(foreignisms) foreignism; anglicism, Arabism, Gallicism, Germanism / Teutonism, Grecism / Hellenism, Hebraism, Hispanism, Hungarianism / Magyarism, Irishism, Italianism / Italicism, Japanism, Latinism, Polonism, Russianism, Sinicism, Slavism, Turkism, Yiddishism

Translations

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Translations to be checked

Czech: hebraismus m
French: hébraïsme (fr) m

German: Hebraismus (de) m
Greek: εβραϊσμός (el) (evraïsmós)

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