Hebraisti · in Hebrew

What it means

Hebraisti (Ἑβραϊστί) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “in Hebrew”.

In the New Testament it can also mean Aramaic, the language the Jews of that time spoke.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. In the Jews' language; sometimes the Aramaic spoken then.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• John×5
• Revelation×2

• John 5:2

  Now in Jerusalem, by the Sheep Gate, there is a pool, the one called in Hebrew Bethesda, which has five colonnades.

• John 19:13

  So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, and in Hebrew Gabbatha.

• John 19:17

  and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to the place called the Place of the Skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha,

• John 19:20

  So many of the Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, in Greek.

• John 20:16

  Jesus says to her, “Mary!” Turning, she says to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni!” (which means Teacher).

• Revelation 9:11

  They have over them as king the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.

• Revelation 16:16

  And they gathered them to the place that is called in Hebrew Armageddon.