the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaacs son Jacob); the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19)

[ Syn: hebrews , hebrews , israelites , israelites ]

a New Testament book traditionally included among the epistle of Saint Paul but now generally considered not to have been written by him

[ Syn: epistle to the hebrews , hebrews ]