Hebraize
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Hebraize
1635–45; < Late Greek Hebraízein to speak Hebrew, behave like a Jew. See Hebrew, -ize
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Puritans tried to Hebraize their Christian quest for personal salvation in Christ by grounding it in covenanted communities of law and collective discipline.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2024
Eventually, David Ben-Gurion persuaded her to Hebraize her name to Meir, which means "illumination."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Greek, on the other hand, who had not yet comprehended the majesty of his neighbor's monotheism, for lack of adequate presentation, did not Hebraize.
From Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria by Bentwich, Norman
Like the story of creation, this tale has been Hebraized and adapted to the story-teller's purpose.
From The Makers and Teachers of Judaism by Kent, Charles Foster
Names, incidents, and "local color" were slightly Hebraized, but the supernatural wonders of treasure caves, jewelled gardens, genii, princesses, and all, were not in the least marred or diminished.
From The Promised Land by Antin, Mary
But they Hebraized about it—that is, they took an uncritical interpretation of biblical words as their absolute rule of conduct.
From Matthew Arnold by Russell, George William Erskine
We use 'bunker' because we have not yet got around to Hebraizing defense terminology.
From Time Magazine Archive
He thought Houbigant too bold a critic, and objected some novelties to the Hebraizing friars of the Rue St. Honoré.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban
The praise of God known as the by Ibn Gabirol is a splendid example of the Hebraizing of neo-Platonic doctrines, which, though probably quite independent of his teaching, recalls constantly the ideas of Philo.
From Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria by Bentwich, Norman
Absolutely to call it unsound, however, is to fall into the common error of its Hebraizing enemies; but it was unsound at that particular moment of man's development, it was premature.
From Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold by Johnson, William Savage
The Reformation has been often called a Hebraizing revival, a return to the ardor and sincereness of primitive Christianity.
From Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold by Johnson, William Savage
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