Ἑβραῖος

See also: Εβραίος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew עִבְרִי (ʿiḇrī, “Hebrew”), likely through Aramaic עִבְרַי (ʿiḇray, “Hebrew”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.brâi̯.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)eˈbrɛ.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈβrɛ.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈvre.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈvre.os/

Adjective

Ἑβραῖος • (Hebraîos) m (feminine Ἑβραίᾱ, neuter Ἑβραῖον); first/second declension

Hebrew, Israelite
- 150 CE – 215 CE, Clement of Alexandria, Protr. 1

Inflection

First and second declension of Ἑβραῖος; Ἑβραίᾱ; Ἑβραῖον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Ἑβραῖος Hebraîos	Ἑβραίᾱ Hebraíā	Ἑβραῖον Hebraîon	Ἑβραίω Hebraíō	Ἑβραίᾱ Hebraíā	Ἑβραίω Hebraíō	Ἑβραῖοι Hebraîoi	Ἑβραῖαι Hebraîai	Ἑβραῖᾰ Hebraîă
Genitive	Ἑβραίου Hebraíou	Ἑβραίᾱς Hebraíās	Ἑβραίου Hebraíou	Ἑβραίοιν Hebraíoin	Ἑβραίαιν Hebraíain	Ἑβραίοιν Hebraíoin	Ἑβραίων Hebraíōn	Ἑβραίων Hebraíōn	Ἑβραίων Hebraíōn
Dative	Ἑβραίῳ Hebraíōi	Ἑβραίᾳ Hebraíāi	Ἑβραίῳ Hebraíōi	Ἑβραίοιν Hebraíoin	Ἑβραίαιν Hebraíain	Ἑβραίοιν Hebraíoin	Ἑβραίοις Hebraíois	Ἑβραίαις Hebraíais	Ἑβραίοις Hebraíois
Accusative	Ἑβραῖον Hebraîon	Ἑβραίᾱν Hebraíān	Ἑβραῖον Hebraîon	Ἑβραίω Hebraíō	Ἑβραίᾱ Hebraíā	Ἑβραίω Hebraíō	Ἑβραίους Hebraíous	Ἑβραίᾱς Hebraíās	Ἑβραῖᾰ Hebraîă
Vocative	Ἑβραῖε Hebraîe	Ἑβραίᾱ Hebraíā	Ἑβραῖον Hebraîon	Ἑβραίω Hebraíō	Ἑβραίᾱ Hebraíā	Ἑβραίω Hebraíō	Ἑβραῖοι Hebraîoi	Ἑβραῖαι Hebraîai	Ἑβραῖᾰ Hebraîă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	Ἑβραίως Hebraíōs			Ἑβραιότερος Hebraióteros			Ἑβραιότᾰτος Hebraiótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

Ἑβραῖος • (Hebraîos) m (genitive Ἑβραίου); second declension

a Hebrew, Israelite
- 55 CE – 56 CE, Paul the Apostle, Second Epistle to the Corinthians 11:22

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἑβραῖος; τοῦ Ἑβραίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἑβραῖος ho Hebraîos	τὼ Ἑβραίω tṑ Hebraíō	οἱ Ἑβραῖοι hoi Hebraîoi
Genitive	τοῦ Ἑβραίου toû Hebraíou	τοῖν Ἑβραίοιν toîn Hebraíoin	τῶν Ἑβραίων tôn Hebraíōn
Dative	τῷ Ἑβραίῳ tōî Hebraíōi	τοῖν Ἑβραίοιν toîn Hebraíoin	τοῖς Ἑβραίοις toîs Hebraíois
Accusative	τὸν Ἑβραῖον tòn Hebraîon	τὼ Ἑβραίω tṑ Hebraíō	τοὺς Ἑβραίους toùs Hebraíous
Vocative	Ἑβραῖε Hebraîe	Ἑβραίω Hebraíō	Ἑβραῖοι Hebraîoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

Ἑβραΐζω (Hebraḯzō)
Ἑβραϊκός (Hebraïkós)
Ἑβραΐς (Hebraḯs)
Ἑβραϊστί (Hebraïstí)

Descendants

Greek: Εβραίος (Evraíos)
- → Coptic: ϩⲉⲃⲣⲉⲟⲥ (hebreos), ϩⲉⲃⲣⲁⲓⲟⲥ (hebraios)
→ Belarusian: яўрэ́й (jaŭréj)
→ German: Hebräer
→ Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌿𐍃 (haibraius)
→ Japanese: ヘブライ (Heburai)
→ Korean: 히브리 (hibeuri)
→ Old Armenian: եբրայեցի (ebrayecʻi)
- Armenian: եբրայեցի (ebrayecʻi)
→ Latin: hebraeus
- → Old French: Ebreu
  - French: Hébreu
  - → Middle English: Ebreu
    - English: Hebrew
- Italian: ebreo
- Ladino: Ebreo
- Portuguese: Hebreu
  - → Japanese: ヘブライ (Heburai)
- → Spanish: hebreo
- → Dutch: Hebreeër
→ Romanian: evreu
→ Russian: евре́й (jevréj)
→ Old Church Slavonic: еврѣи (evrěi)
- Bulgarian: еврей (evrej)
→ Ukrainian: євре́й (jevréj)

References

“Ἑβραῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Ἑβραῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Ἑβραῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
G1445 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012