עִבְרִי
ʻIbrîy · ib-ree'
an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber
Lexicon
Derivation: patronymic from H5677 (עֵבֵר);
an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Hebrew(-ess, woman).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the house, what is within › the head, the highest › the hand that works
To see and know of the house, what is within of the head, the highest of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עִבְרִי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
34 occurrences · 34 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the hebrews9 · 26%
- an hebrew5 · 15%
- the hebrew2 · 6%
- with the hebrews1 · 3%
- to the hebrew1 · 3%
- to the hebrew women1 · 3%
- because the hebrew1 · 3%
- this is one of the hebrews1 · 3%
- of the hebrew1 · 3%
- an hebrew man1 · 3%
- or an hebrew woman1 · 3%
- unto the hebrews1 · 3%
- let the hebrews1 · 3%
- and some of the hebrews1 · 3%
- lest the hebrews1 · 3%
- behold, the hebrews1 · 3%
- moreover the hebrews1 · 3%
- what do these hebrews1 · 3%
- being an hebrew1 · 3%
- or an hebrewess1 · 3%
- unto them, i am an hebrew1 · 3%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.