King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1446
Transliteration: Hebrais
Phonetic Spelling: (heb-rah-is')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Hebrew, the Aramaic vernacular of Pal
Meaning: Hebrew -- the Aramaic vernacular of Palestine
Ἑβραΐς (WH Αβραΐς, see their Introductory § 408), ἑβραιδος, ἡ, Hebrew, the Hebrew language; not that however in which the O. T. was written, but the Chaldee (not Syro-Chaldaic, as it is commonly but incorrectly called; cf. A. Th. Hoffmann, Grammat. Syriac., p. 14), which at the time of Jesus and the apostles had long superseded it in Palestine: Acts 21:40; Acts 22:2; Acts 26:14; Ἑβραΐς φωνή, 4 Macc. 12:7; 16:15. (Cf. B. D., under the phrase, Shemitic Languages etc.; ibid. American edition, under the phrase, Language of the New Testament.)
Word Summary
Hebrais: Hebrew, the Aramaic vernacular of Pal
Original Word: ἙβραΐςTransliteration: Hebrais
Phonetic Spelling: (heb-rah-is')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Hebrew, the Aramaic vernacular of Pal
Meaning: Hebrew -- the Aramaic vernacular of Palestine
Strong's Concordance
Hebrew. From Eber; the Hebraistic (Hebrew) or Jewish (Chaldee) language -- Hebrew.
see GREEK Eber
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1446: ἙβραΐςἙβραΐς (WH Αβραΐς, see their Introductory § 408), ἑβραιδος, ἡ, Hebrew, the Hebrew language; not that however in which the O. T. was written, but the Chaldee (not Syro-Chaldaic, as it is commonly but incorrectly called; cf. A. Th. Hoffmann, Grammat. Syriac., p. 14), which at the time of Jesus and the apostles had long superseded it in Palestine: Acts 21:40; Acts 22:2; Acts 26:14; Ἑβραΐς φωνή, 4 Macc. 12:7; 16:15. (Cf. B. D., under the phrase, Shemitic Languages etc.; ibid. American edition, under the phrase, Language of the New Testament.)