Strong’s H5680 · Hebrew

עִבְרִי
ʻIbrîy
ib-ree'

Definition

an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber

Etymology

patronymic from H5677 (עֵבֵר);

Where the KJV renders it

  • Hebrew(-ess
  • woman)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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