Ἑβραῖος (WH, Ἐβ-), -α, -ον (Aram, עִבְרַי), as subst, ὁ Ἑ, [in LXX for עֵבֶר, עִבְרִי;]
a Hebrew. 1) In OT, of Israelites in contrast with those of another race (Gen.14:13, Exo.1:15, Deu.15:12, al.). 2) In NT as the correlative of Ἑλληνιστής, a Jew who had adopted, in greater or less degree, Greek culture and Greek language. The distinction was not merely linguistic (
DB, ii, 325); as far as it was so, Συριστής would be a more correct Greek term for the Jew of Semitic speech (see: Ἑβραΐς, and cf. Dalman,
Words, 7): Act.6:1, 2Co.11:22, Php.3:5. (
AS)