Hebraism

American  

[hee-brey-iz-uhm, -bree-] / ˈhi breɪˌɪz əm, -bri- /

noun

1. an expression or construction distinctive of the Hebrew language.

2. the character, spirit, principles, or practices distinctive of the Hebrew people.

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Hebraism British  

/ ˈhiːbreɪˌɪzəm /

noun

1. a linguistic usage, custom, or other feature borrowed from or particular to the Hebrew language, or to the Jewish people or their culture

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Etymology

Origin of Hebraism

1560–70; < Late Greek Hebraïsmós, equivalent to Hebra- ( see Hebraize) + -ismos -ism

Example Sentences

These are the permanent values he has resolved to serve, believing that a synthesis of Hellenism and Hebraism is the hope of the world.

From Time Magazine Archive

Those on "Two Successors of Tennyson" and "Hebraism and Hellenism" were printed in the Melbourne Argus at the time of their delivery, and are here reproduced by kind permission of that paper.

From Platform Monologues by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)

"The name of the city of that day shall be the 'Lord is there,'" is of the essence of Hebraism.

From Platform Monologues by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)

Now neither Hebraism nor Hellenism could produce the ideal man or harmoniously develop all his best powers.

From Platform Monologues by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)

Here and there a fervid or brooding mind among the Greeks, such as that of Æschylus, might often approach the lines of Hebraism.

From Platform Monologues by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)