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Hebrew

Meaning of “Hebrew”

1. A designation for Abraham and people of his descended nation, the Israelites or Jews. 2. The Hebrew language or tongue, and words or names expressed in it.

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First occurrence: Genesis 14:13

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Jeremiah 34:9
That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 34:9 · retained source text

That euery man should let his man seruant, and euery man his maide seruant, being an Hebrewe, or an Hebrewesse, goe free, that none should serue himselfe of them, to wit, of a Iew his brother.

Jeremiah 34:14
At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 34:14 · retained source text

At the end of seuen yeeres, let ye go euery man his brother an Hebrew which hath bene sold vnto thee: and when he hath serued thee sixe yeeres, thou shalt let him goe free from thee, but your fathers hearkened not vnto me, neither inclined their eare.

1611 marginal noteOr, hath sold himselfe.

1611 marginal noteExo.21.2 deut. 15.12

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