Definitions for Hebraism

Hebraism He·bra·ism

Spelling: [hee-brey-iz-uh m, -bree-]
IPA: /ˈhi breɪˌɪz əm, -bri-/

Hebraism is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 460 anagrams from letters in Hebraism (abehimrs).

Definitions for Hebraism

noun

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

Origin of Hebraism

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

Examples for Hebraism

Where Hellenism appealed to the senses, Hebraism appealed to the spirit.

The happy marriage of Hellenism and Hebraism in Egypt had a tragic end.

Hellenism may be regarded as the complement and contrast of Hebraism.

But dominant and fundamental though it was, Hebraism was only latent thus far.

Was not the temper of the typical Puritan, after all, thoroughly impregnated with Hebraism?

We want Hellenism for knowing and enjoying, Hebraism for acting, loving, and hoping.

Literally, "all the daughters of song," a Hebraism for birds.

Here and there a fervid or brooding mind among the Greeks, such as that of Æschylus, might often approach the lines of Hebraism.

And this discipline has been nowhere so effectively taught as in the School of Hebraism.

The idea of Hellenism is to see things as they are: the idea of Hebraism is conduct and obedience.

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