One in Messiah Congregation
Let's look at some interesting words: Eber, Jew, Hebrew, Hebron, Israelite
Hebron
Gen.23[
2] And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba;
the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan
: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
[19] And after
this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before
Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan
.
H2275
BDB Definition:
Hebron = association
1) a city in south Judah approx 20 south of
Jerusalem and approx 20 miles (30 kilometers) north of Beersheba and near where
Abraham built an altar (noun proper locative)
2) the 3rd son of Kohath and grandson of Levi
(noun proper masculine)
3) a descendant of Caleb (noun proper masculine)
Hebrew
H5680
BDB Definition:
Hebrew = one from beyond
1) a designation of the patriarchs and the Israelites (noun
proper)
2) a designation of the patriarchs and the Israelites (adjective)
H5677
A primitive root; to
cross
over; used very widely of any
transition
(literally or figuratively; transitively, intransitively,
intensively or causatively); specifically to
cover
(in copulation): - alienate, alter, X at all,
beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct
(over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender,
get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through),
have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make
to, over) pass (-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through),
(cause to, make) + proclaim (-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away,
rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make)
sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress (-or),
translate, turn away, [way-] faring man, be wrath.
From H5674; properly a region
across
; but used only adverbially (with or without a
preposition) on the opposite
side (especially of the Jordan; usually
meaning the east
): - X against, beyond, by, X from, over, passage,
quarter, (other, this) side, straight.
BDB Definition:
Eber
or Heber = the region beyond
1) son
of Salah, great grandson of Shem, father
of Peleg and Joktan
2) a Gadite chief
3) a Benjamite, son of Elpaal and descendant
of Sharahaim
4) a Benjamite, son of Shashak
5) a priest in the days of Joiakim the son
of Jeshua
Part of Speech:
noun proper masculine
descendant of Jehudah (that is, Judah) ???
Gen.29[
35] And she conceived again,
and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called
his name Judah
; and left bearing.
First time the word Jew is mentioned in scripture.
2Kgs.16[
6] At that time Rezin king of
Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews
from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt
there unto this day.
Esth.8[
17] And in every province, and
in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the
Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of
the land became Jews
; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
Rom.2[
28] For he is not a Jew, which
is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:[
29] But
he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that
of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter;
whose praise is not of men, but of God.
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Are Jews Israelites? YES!! Are Jews Hebrews?
YES!!
PAUL SAID:
2Cor.11[
22]
Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites?
so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
Rom.11[1] I say then, Hath God
cast away his people? God forbid. For
I also am an Israelite
, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
[2] God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew.
Phil.3:[5
] Circumcised the eighth day,
of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews;
as touching the law, a Pharisee;
[6] Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness
which is in the law, blameless.
Phil.3:[5
] Circumcised the eighth day,
of the stock of Israel
, of the tribe of Benjamin
, an Hebrew of the
Hebrews; as touching
the law, a Pharisee
Acts.21[
39] But
Paul said, I am a man
which am a Jew of Tarsus
, a city in Cilicia,
Acts.22[
3]
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus,
a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at
the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect
manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward
God, as ye all are this day.
Acts.26[
5] Which knew me from the beginning,
if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion
I lived a Pharisee.
Acts.23[
6] But when Paul perceived that
the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council,
Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee,
the son of a Pharisee: of the hope
and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
MISC.
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a Jew, Esth. 2 [5] Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a "Benjamite"; Esth. 5 [13] Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
Esth. 6 [10] Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou has spoken.
Esth. 8 [7] Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
Esth. 9 [29] Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
[31] To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
Esth. 10 [3] For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
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language
2Kgs.18[
26] Then said Eliakim the son
of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy
servants in the Syrian language
; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the
Jews' language in the ears of the people
that are on the wall.
[28] Then Rab-shakeh
stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language
, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king,
the king of Assyria:
Neh.13[
24] And their children spake
half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the
Jews' language, but according to the
language of each people.
Esth.8[
9] Then were the king's scribes
called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three
and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai
commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers
of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and
seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and
unto every people after their language
, and to the Jews according to their writing,
and according to their language.
Isa.36[
11] Then said Eliakim and Shebna
and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian
language; for we understand
it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language
, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
[13] Then Rabshakeh
stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language
, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the
king of Assyria.
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John.5[
2] Now there is at Jerusalem
by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the
Hebrew tongue Bethesda,
having five porches.
Acts.21[
40] And when he had given him
licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people.
And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the
Hebrew tongue, saying,
Acts.22[
2] (And when they heard that
he spake in the Hebrew tongue
to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
Acts.26[
14] And when we were all fallen
to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the
Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest
thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Rev.9[
11] And they had a king over
them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the
Hebrew tongue
is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Rev.16[
16] And he gathered them together
into a place called in the
Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
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