Hebraist noun. ['hi:breɪɪst] M18.
[from Greek Hebra- stem of HEBRAIC + -IST.]
1. A Hebrew scholar; a person skilled in Hebrew. M18.

2. A person who maintains that the New Testament was written in Greek with Hebrew idioms. M19.

3. An adherent of Hebrew thought or religion. L19.

4. Hist. A Palestinian Jew, as opp. to a Hellenistic or Grecian Jew. L19.

■ Hebra'istic adjective M19.

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