noun
1. the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob); the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19)
• Syn: ↑Israelites
• Topics: ↑Old Testament
• Hypernyms: ↑ethnic group, ↑ethnos, ↑chosen people
2. a New Testament book traditionally included among the epistle of Saint Paul but now generally considered not to have been written by him
• Syn: ↑Epistle to the Hebrews
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Epistle
• Part Holonyms: ↑New Testament
Useful english dictionary. 2012.