hebrews

Noun

• a New Testament book traditionally included among the epistle of Saint Paul but now generally considered not to have been written by him

• 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)

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Epistle to the Hebrews , Hebrews , Israelites