Hebraism

[ hee-brey-iz-uhm, -bree- ]

noun

1. an expression or construction distinctive of the Hebrew language.
2. the character, spirit, principles, or practices distinctive of the Hebrew people.

Hebraism

/ ˈhiːbreɪˌɪzəm /

noun

1. a linguistic usage, custom, or other feature borrowed from or particular to the Hebrew language, or to the Jewish people or their culture

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hebraism¹

1560–70; < Late Greek Hebraïsmós, equivalent to Hebra- ( Hebraize ) + -ismos -ism

Example Sentences

In 1869, the British critic Matthew Arnold observed that Protestant Americans had internalized Hebraism’s scourging demands for “conduct and obedience” and “strictness of conscience”:

From Salon

Hebraism and Hellenism, – between these two points of influence moves our world.

From Salon

Even the rise of Protestant Hebraism might have been explored more deeply.

From New York Times

In the oldest traditions of Hebraism, God speaks to Adam, to Noah, to Abraham, to Moses, as one man speaks to another, by articulate sounds perceived by the ear.

From Project Gutenberg

Throckmorton, who knew something about most things, saw through Morford’s shallow Hebraism, and inwardly scoffed at the cheerful insufficiency with which the most abstruse biblical problems were attacked.

From Project Gutenberg