Hebraistic

American  

[hee-brey-is-tik, -bree-] / ˌhi breɪˈɪs tɪk, -bri- /

Sometimes Hebraistical

adjective

1. of or relating to Hebraists or characterized by Hebraism or Hebraisms.

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Other Word Forms

• Hebraistically adverb

Etymology

Origin of Hebraistic

First recorded in 1840–50; Hebraist + -ic

Example Sentences

The language in which the book is written is the most Hebraistic Greek of the New Testament, as its contents are the most deeply tinged with Judaism.

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard

It has become fashionable to divide the rival tendencies of modern thought into the two classes of Hellenistic and Hebraistic.

From Among Famous Books by Kelman, John

This architecture is Hebraistic in spirit, not Greek; it well accords with the deep ground-swell of the Hebrew prophets.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

Despite the grammatical involution of the style here carried to an extreme, and underneath the apparatus of Greek pronouns and participles, there is a fine Hebraistic lilt pervading the doxology.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

This architecture is Hebraistic in spirit, not Greek; it well accords with the deep ground-swell of Hebrew prophets.

From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Stowe, Harriet Beecher