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Hebraistic

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[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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Etymology

Origin of Hebraistic

First recorded in 1840–50; Hebraist + -ic

Example Sentences

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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

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

He assumes in this respect the Hebraistic point of view, and looks out from it with an undoubting heartiness which in these days is really refreshing.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 by Various

The phraseology of the verse in Θ has a distinctly Hebraistic look, much more so than in Ο´. v.

From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by Daubney, William Heaford

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