Hebraistic

American  

[hee-brey-is-tik, -bree-] / ˌhi breɪˈɪs tɪk, -bri- /

Sometimes Hebraistical

adjective

1. of or relating to Hebraists or characterized by Hebraism or Hebraisms.

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Other Word Forms

• Hebraistically adverb

Etymology

Origin of Hebraistic

First recorded in 1840–50; Hebraist + -ic

Example Sentences

This architecture is Hebraistic in spirit, not Greek; it well accords with the deep ground-swell of Hebrew prophets.

From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

The phraseology of the verse in Θ has a distinctly Hebraistic look, much more so than in Ο´. v.

From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by Daubney, William Heaford

Philo subtle, and with long involved periods knit together by logical connectives: the Book of Wisdom sententious, full of parallelisms, assertory and Hebraistic throughout.

From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

He assumes in this respect the Hebraistic point of view, and looks out from it with an undoubting heartiness which in these days is really refreshing.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 by Various

The language in which the book is written is the most Hebraistic Greek of the New Testament, as its contents are the most deeply tinged with Judaism.

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard